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New York state may speed up, permanently expand vote-by-mail

ALBANY, N.Y. — New York may permanently expand voting by mail while also trying to speed up its molasses-slow process for counting absentee ballots.
A proposed constitutional amendment would do away with the rule limiting absentee voting to people who are ill, have a physical disability or will be out-of-town on Election Day.
The proposal cleared one round of legislative approval in 2019.
Senate Elections Committee Chairman Zellnor Myrie said he is optimistic it will pass a second required round as soon as January, which would clear the way for the amendment to be put before voters in a referendum as soon as next fall.
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