U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio Cortez (D-N.Y.) and other far-left advocates are calling for radical changes in New York state voting laws. According to conservative critics, three propositions on this weekend’s ballot, if approved by the legislature, will affect how honest elections are conducted within the state.
The five propositions that voters will be able to consider include Propositions 1, 3, and 4. These propositions, if they are passed, will alter the state’s voting laws.
An advertisement spot sponsored by the New York State Conservative Party points to corruption in Albany.
“We can stop AOC and her gang from taking over,” a party representative stated.
Proposition 1 calls for changes to the state’s redistricting rules, reports NCPR. The redistricting commission has five Democrats and five Republicans, and members of each party have produced their own maps. The proposition calls for allowing 60% of the legislature, not the current two-thirds, to reject the work of the commission and draw their own maps.
The conservative ad, quoting Newsday, says the provision will allow constitutional protection to count illegal immigrants as residents when drawing new district maps.
Meanwhile, Proposals 3 and 4 “allow same-day voter registration and looser absentee voting,” the conservative ad points out, and once again, quotes Newsday, which called them an “invitation to fraud” and a “scam to rig the system.”
Proposition 3 will eliminate the need to register to vote at least 10 days before the election, while Proposition 4 removes restrictions on absentee ballots, which now require voters to either be ill or out of the state to request a ballot, which proponents and opponents both note will clear the way to allow universal mail-in voting.
In remarks to the Erie County Board of Elections Nick Langworthy, Chair of the New York State Republican Party, stated that he was concerned about New Yorkers’ inaction on the propositions. It is crucial to reject them. Spectrum News 1 in Central New York.
“Ladies and gentleman, the back of this ballot, this is a national election. This is of the utmost importance because they’re changing the way our elections are going to function,” Langworthy said
He said that Proposition 1 is an attempt to “kneecap” the power of the redistricting commission.
Jerry Kassar, Conservative Party Chairman, stated that the two other propositions would encourage voter fraud through ballot harvesting and ballot stuffing.
“That should be of a great concern to the electoral franchise so we do not believe the boards of elections have shown themselves to be able to handle this type of voting at mass volume,” he said.
