NY lawmakers marked the first anniversary of insurrectionists storming the nation’s Capitol over false claims the presidential election was stolen by calling for further changes to state law to better safeguard voting rights and elections in the state.
Brooklyn state Senator Zellnor Myrie presses for stronger voting laws in New York on the one year anniversary of the Capitol riots. Joining him is state Attorney General Letitia James and Brooklyn state Assemblymember Jo Anne Simon.Brooklyn state Senator Zellnor Myrie presses for stronger voting laws in New York on the one year anniversary of the Capitol riots. Joining him is state Attorney General Letitia James and Brooklyn state Assemblymember Jo Anne Simon.
At a rally in Grand Army Plaza near Prospect Park, state Assemblymember Jo Anne Simon gestured to the loomingjust behind the small crowd gathered, assuring them that voting rights will be preserved. The chairs of state Senate and state Assembly’s election committees, state Senator Zellnor Myrie and state Assemblymember Latrice Walker, both from Brooklyn, promised to push further reforms on the state level in the face of federal gridlock and the defeat of two state electoral reforms at the ballot box in November.
“They are slow-cooking our democracy right before our very eyes. And if we do not wake up and go on offense … we will be commemorating the fall of our democracy,” Myrie added., which was introduced a year ago and named after the late congressman and civil rights icon. It would require certain election jurisdictions with a history of racial discrimination to seek approval from the state attorney general’s office or certain state courts before making changes to election procedures.