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More people voting, robust funding for election administration, robust public campaign finance, lower contribution limits, vote by mail, early voting, ranked choice voting.

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More people voting, publicly financed elections, vote by mail, ranked choice voting, restrictions on dark money.

To see our positions on bills that fall under this issue area, please see our chart of Reinvent Albany State Bill Memos.

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From the Blog

August 26, 2025 Groups Request Briefing on Delay of Public Reporting System Overhaul Read more August 19, 2025 Rights groups file complaint against U.S. attorney who retaliated against the press Read more August 13, 2025 Watchdogs Commend NYC Campaign Finance Board For Upholding High Standard For Public Matching Funds Read more New Poll Finds Majority Support for Public Campaign Financing and Additional Reforms to Rein in Big Donor Influence Read more

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In the News

August 22, 2025 Hochul Says ‘Game On’ With NY Redistricting MSN August 22, 2025 Hochul Says ‘Game On’ With NY Redistricting Washington Examiner August 21, 2025 Hochul Says ‘Game On’ With NY Redistricting The Center Square August 20, 2025 ‘Disbarment Would Be Appropriate’: Bar Complaint Filed Against Trump’s Top Prosecutor in Upstate New York Over ‘Alleged Dishonesty’ and First Amendment Concerns Law and Crime

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Reports and Policy Briefs

February 2025 Mayoral Succession and Potential Special Election Read more April 2023 New Report Shows Buying Influence Works Read more October 2022 Empire State of Emergency: Overuse of Governor’s Emergency Powers Invites Abuse of Power and Corruption Read more July 2019 Less Than 1 in 4 Campaign Donations to 19 NYS Senate Democratic Leaders Are From People in Their Districts Read more

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Memo Tracker

Assembly Bill	Senate Bill	RA Position	Status	Description (Links to Memo)
A3649-B (Taylor)	S1356-A (Skoufis)	Support	Passed Senate, in Assembly Committee	Authorizes NY to share voter roll data with other states
A1228 (Seawright)	S1035 (Myrie)	Support	Passed Senate, in Assembly Committee	Mandates training for NY local elections commissioners and key staff
	S843 (May)	Support	Passed Senate, in Assembly Committee	Establishes minimum staffing levels for local boards of elections
A5056 (Jacobson)	S1087 (Mayer)	Support	Passed Senate, in Assembly Committee	Makes local elections commissioners full-time employees of their boards
A4881 (Heastie)	S4588 (Stewart-Cousins)	Oppose		Undermines New Yorkers’ right to representation by consolidating special and general elections
A6233 (Carroll R)		Support	In Committee	Closes loophole allowing LLCs and corporate entities to be used to exceed state limits on campaign contributions
A3665 (Simone)	S590 (Krueger)	Support	In Committee	Ends dominance of mayoral charter commissions
A2653 (Shrestha)	S7858 (Salazar)	Support	In Committee	Ends automatic approval of some gubernatorial appointees
A3929-B (Dinowitz)	S2437-A (Krueger)	Support	On Senate Floor, Introduced in Assembly	Requires “paid for by” disclosures by influencers supporting campaigns
A7450 (Levenberg)	S2541 (Myrie)	Support	In committee	Requires images of cast vote records be made publicly available
A2635 (Cunningham)	S4364 (Comrie)	Support	In committee	Requires better notice to voters who are purged or put on inactive status
A2162 (Carroll)		Support	In committee	Amends NYS Constitution to allow same-day voter registration