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1 Memorandum in Support of Legislative Package to Improve Election Administration in New York State, May 16, 2023 1 (2023)

handle is hein.election/mrdmispt0001 and id is 1 raw text is: BRENNAN CENTER FOR JUSTICE Memorandum in Support of Legislative Package to Improve Election Administration in New York State' May 16, 2023 The Brennan Center for Justice writes in strong support of the pending legislative package to improve election administration in New York State.2 Its component bills - informed by an extensive legislative investigation and research on national best practices3 - will strengthen professionalism and accountability at New York's state and local boards of elections (BOEs) and help realize the promise of the significant pro-voter reforms this Legislature has delivered in recent years. We applaud the Senate for passing this package earlier this year4 and urge the Assembly to ensure its passage this session. The Brennan Center is a nonpartisan law and policy institute that researches and advocates for policies to defend and strengthen our democracy. In 2021, we published two reports recommending improvements to election administration in New York State and New York City based on the practices of better-performing jurisdictions across the country.' The bills before the Legislature reflect many of the reforms that our research shows will improve election administration and voter service in our state. That is why this package is a priority that we and ' This package includes S136/A2565, S585, S587/A268, S609/A6973, S611/A919, S613, S617, S619/A662, S644/A1258, and S645. We note that the Senate also passed S612 (which has since been amended) and S614. We support reducing conflicts of interest that impede voter service, but do not address these bills in this memorandum, which is limited to reforms that we have advocated for in our research reports on election administration reform. 2 This memorandum addresses 10 bills concerning election administration at New York's state and local boards of elections that passed the Senate on January 10, 2023, and January 17, 2023. 3 New York State Senate Elections Committee, Report and Findings of the New York State Senate Elections Committee, November 15, 2021, htt ts www.n/senate./ovsites defauktfilmJprss- release attachmeltielex11u5_vfidald f. 4 New York State Senate, Board of Election Professionalization Package Passes Senate, press release, January 17, 2023, htt s www n senate my newsroom re's-releaes board-election p-r'fessionalization- acc -aassles-senate. s Joanna Zdanys et al., How to Fix the New York City Board of Elections, Brennan Center for Justice, September 9, 2021, htt s www brennancenter or our-work' olic -olutions `howix-new- ork-cIt board-elections; and Derek Tisler et al., How to Fix Election Administration in New York State, Brennan Center for Justice, December 15, 2021, hlipjiwwwbrennancenteror o how- fix-eIection-dn1 nistrationnewyork-state. Brennan Center for Justice at New York University School of Law 120 Broadway, Suite 1750 New York, NY 10271

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