ALBANY – As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, the New York State primary elections set for June 23 will go on as scheduled, but with a bit of a twist.
Every registered voter in the state will be mailed an application for an absentee ballot with a postage-paid return envelope if they choose to vote by mail, Governor Cuomo announced on Friday.
The purpose of the absentee ballot option is for those who do not want to risk contracting the virus by standing in line at their local board of elections. “People have two choices,” the governor said.
Cuomo also again blasted Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell for suggesting that cash-strapped states like New York could declare bankruptcy. The governor pointed out that the authority for states to do that would be for Congress to pass a resolution allowing it and the president signing it. He challenged Washington to do it.
The governor noted New York gives billions more to the federal government than it gets in return while McConnell’s state of Kentucky takes much more than it gives to Washington. “Just give me my money,” Cuomo said in a comment directed at McConnell at the governor’s daily briefing on Friday.
