New York State still has a lot of instances of passive voter suppression—when structures remain in place that mostly depress turnout and don’t get remedied over time—particularly regarding local government elections, New York Civil Liberties Union supervising attorney Perry Grossman said Monday, on the eve of midterm elections.
“If you look at things like village elections, school district elections, where we have fewer and different polling places and a lack of language assistance, even when it’s required, we frequently see turnout below 10%,” said Grossman, calling such low turnout “an egregious form of voter suppression.”
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