The New York legislature adjourned for the year on June 17, without having passed even the simplest bills to improve the appearance of the ballot, which is one of the most confusing ballots in the United States. There were at least twelve such bills: A3218, A5622, A5729, A3389, A4147, A5306, A5729, S2154, S2329, S2841, S3953, S7086. They increased the font size for the names of candidates, provided for rotation of names, provided that the ballot could expand to more than a single piece of paper, eliminated party emblems, and made other design improvements.
Also, the legislature didn’t pass any bills to eliminate the absurd characteristic that New York has three partisan primaries in presidential election years: a presidential primary in April, a congressional primary in June, and a state & local office primary in September.
Nor did the legislature pass any bill to ease the strict deadline for voters to switch parties, which is in the year before the primary.
On the other hand, no bill making ballot access worse passed either.
I like the party emblems. And I’d like to do away with fusion. Most of the rest of these changes I’d agree to.
Will the New Age Union Army also have to liberate lots of northern and western States from the robot party hack gerrymander oligarchs in control of such States ???
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P.R. and nonpartisan App.V.