State Budget Release

State Budget Release

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 From the League of Women Voters of New York State Weekly Session Update:

On Tuesday (January 16), Governor Cuomo unveiled his full 2018 budget proposal. We were initially thrilled to see a budget line item related to early voting and automatic voter registration. What appeared to be $6.4 million in funding turned out to be an assumed cost on counties, not designated funding. We were of course disappointed but this will not prevent us from continuing our advocacy efforts to fund early voting.

The Governor still has time to amend his budget proposal. The New York State Constitution gives the Governor 30 days to amend his budget proposal. We are hoping that he will add the appropriate funding for early voting before time runs out.