How We Fix New York’s Terrible Voting Laws with State Sen. Zellnor Myrie

[@garlicgalore]

Thank you Senator Myrie for sharing your knowledge about NYS voting rights and showing how important it is to pay attention to these fundamental issues in each state no matter what the political landscape. Terrifically informative show as always, Marc.

[@Carol-ow2rb]

Senator Zellnor Myrie is brilliant! I’m looking forward to watching his career!

[@genoeffapalumbo3378]

Thank you, Senator. I am even more proud to be a "New Yorker" knowing people like yourself are in our government 🏆

[@SherryJohnson-q7v]

Mark you and Zellnor are the heroes of Democracy. Keep fighting gentlemen. Our country needs you more than ever.

[@nakedreef]

@Detrumpificator4377 , *1,000%!!* 💙

[@alanbarr9327]

Sen. Myrie and Rep. Crockett from TX are the right people! You desperatly need more of them in State AND Federal government!

[@mariequatrepoches1573]

don't forget the 2 Justins in Tennessee!!!

[@donaldtemchack7751]

State Senator Zellnor Myrie is exactly the kind of leader we need through out the country. Thank you sir.

[@deniselong209]

Thank you for some positive news please may it continue

[@carleenmulloy481]

Great guest 🙏⚖️

[@rickleone7173]

Great guest. Thank you for providing me an opportunity to listen to him.

[@electropanel1211]

Congress needs to pass the voting rights act and strengthen all the laws the supreme court justices have weakened for their benefits

[@wisdomsleuth77777]

I think we need four more Supreme Court Justices can Biden do a executive order since they lied in their testimony

[@nakedreef]

Time to make *#GOODtrouble* 💙

[@draxthemsklonst]

It could be ratified as an amendment if there are enough votes.

[@lioness1575]

What an inspiring candidate. Great conversation 💙💙💙

[@marykr41]

He seems like a great guy also!!Descent!!

[@debbiejohnson3869]

Mr. Marie is one the many heroes. 👍👏👏👏👏 keep up the wonderful work you are doing.

[@bonniehoke-scedrov4906]

Terrific guest! Thank God for his great work!

[@rohieram724]

I'm very much impressed with this young gentleman! I wish that I had the command of the English language that he has.

[@Unruffledbird]

Wow. New Yorkers are so lucky to have this QUALITY candidate

[@doviebruder1285]

Amazing young man..New York is so lucky to have such a brilliant voice in the game!! Kudos and best of luck in all your endeavors..thank you Mark

[@jimcusack433]

Really inspiring. Thankyou

[@dulcineadurance1391]

Senator Myrie is what makes this country great. Bravo 💙

[@WillR-Cincy]

Very Impressive guest✔️💙

[@richietattersall2122]

Reality in the 21st Century. D = Forward R = Reverse Pick one.

[@AlfCalson]

. 🔵 St Sen ZELLNOR MYRIE 🔵

[@marshamorgan3917]

Thank you to everyone who supports Democracy Docket! This is to important to sit on the side lines! Vote BLUE because it matters to YOU!

[@RandineGH]

Excellent podcast, Marc and State Senator Zellnor. Thanks for all your work!

[@spanky7277]

To bad we can't find more people like this In Tennessee . My mom dedicated a lot of time when she retired and help work for the poles . . You can say that is why I became so involved with politics .

[@joanratliff2876]

So much of the news is either upsetting or depressing, but today's podcast was reassuring and uplifting. Thank you!

[@HLBear]

I have seen a lot of change in voting in NY over the years and am happy to see it moving in a good direction. It's wild how many people think living here is so much more expensive than other states (like FL) when that's demonstrably wrong. We have a decent cost of living, minimum wage is going up, and family farming is strong in upstate. Culture and history are uniquitous. Human rights are taken seriously! It's a beautiful state that keeps improving its environment. Seriously, keep Democrats in office and hold them accountable so pork doesn't get out of hand, and life will continue to improve. ❤

[@HLBear]

From Elise to Zeldin, there are plenty of maga and far right politicians in NY. Gerrymandering and anti-voting are common. :/ Yes, upstate is more conservative than downstate, and they tend to elect people to "fight the diverse and liberal City," even though that's garbage. My county is very right leaning, and I am open about being left even though it can be scary sometimes. I want any other hidden lefties to know they're not alone.

[@spanky7277]

Thank you your hard work , we need more people like you .

[@Papa4085-P]

Thank you Mark for speaking the truth. 💙🇺🇸💙🇺🇸💙

Thank You! 💙💙💙

[@juliedahl1892]

I really like this guy. Wish we had more like him. He cares, takes his position very seriously. Happy for his voters in his district !!!

[@pattygioffre2366]

"There should not be a test of your endurance when you go to vote!". Exactly right! I find it extraordinarily ridiculous that there is rarely if ever a line in predominantly white, middle to upper class neighborhoods. While POC & poorer areas are required to wait in line for sometimes hours on end. In nearly every election, & I vote in them all, unless I stop to chat with neighbors, I am generally in & out of my polling place within 5 minutes, including the presidential election. Easy access to doing your civic duty should be federally mandated.

[@PeterACasanave]

Thanks from a constituent. I haven't had a chance to meet you.

[@margaretlung998]

Thank you for all you do

[@thinkinginTx]

This young man needs to run for us Congress!

[@marykr41]

Yes, he is really good!! Someone who is for everyone!!

[@lauryd.coultas9144]

He's a senator.

[@coldwateronly]

We need more than lawyers. We need a nationwide deprogramming campaign. It would have been cheaper to have just taught people to think critically in school as children.

[@frankiewho6173]

Thank you both

[@liesvdl]

You certainly got my attention Zellnor Myrie

[@elizabethdesmet89]

Congratulations SenatorZellnor Muriel

[@susanshepherd7093]

As we have recently started to experience voter suppression in the UK, via things like voter id,removal of automatic student registration etc, I was surprised when I started to find out how rife it was in the US. Thanks for all you do to improve the situation there.

[@Karen-qn8qt]

Marc, love your focus! I appreciate State Sen election focus & and successes! I've been 20yrs a Chief Judge in MD & NC voting precincts (and that's not even my day job!) I love my judges and poll workers who all help keep the voting experience sooo positive. I also love my high school student volunteers! MD ties HS graduation to community services hours. In Montgomery County MD, Dr. Z successfully ran this program from his computer. Easy easy as they say! I had kids in my polling places in and out all day fulfilling their duty. They were a god send! Sen Zellnor might not find the funding for an 'election officer' but there are plenty of ways to skin that cat. Always available for a chat. Retirement is boring! Keep fighting!❤

[@carolemonroe4400]

Thank you

[@MeBo-kp2lp]

Great guest.

[@KathleenMcArdle-bk4lj]

Thanks for this discussion. I would be proud to vote for Mr. Myrie for any city or statewide office. I hope at some point you can do a breakdown of all the fighting over the redistricting process and where the maps stand now in NYS. It is very confusing.

[@jewel1608]

24:21 IT'S LIKE IF YOU DON'T WANT AN ABORTION.. DON'T DO IT❤❤❤ but you're NOW killing voting by MAIL😢😢

[@glennrichardson654]

Thank You ❣️ hang in there!

[@jeanetteorosco8153]

Civics should be required in schools.

[@coffeekittie]

Thanks, Marc!

[@eric2500]

One little thing that I have to ask you for, Sir, please stand up as a Progressive for CLOSED primaries for all parties.

[@carolhartley5982]

I love that he takes the train! Great opportunity for informal townhall meetings.

[@DeborahLewis-un9tw]

Can Biden put more justices on the supreme court now?

[@spanky7277]

I live In Tennessee now but my heart will always be in Brooklyn

[@nancymathisen9707]

❤ What an improvement at the mayoral level Zellnor Marie would be in NYC.

[@rebeccabarnes3324]

Great Podcast Mark and State Senator Zellnor Myrie! When I was in High School in the late 1960’s I believe as students we had an opportunity to visit what a voting booth looked like and how to use it to vote. The “old timey” metal ones with a solid curtain so no one could see for whom a person voted. In your episode tonight I think the concept of a “Democracy Officer” would be a great idea. I have never forgotten that voting booth experience I had as a young person. While times have changed the voting experience, I’m still grateful for that early opportunity to see what it is all about… I bet a representative from the State or Local League of Women Voters organization might be a good person to help with something like that ! Thank You Mark, it is always a pleasure to be one of your listeners and Democracy Docket newsletter readers !

[@dawnoceanside7300]

Democrats think its a spectators sport....... Republicans know its a full contact sport!! I LOVE THIS MAN!!!!❤️🇺🇲

[@CatCaretakerID]

I was amazed that when I moved back to NY State that I couldn't get a mail-in ballot unless I met the absentee criteria. I moved back to NY State after living in Idaho for 18 years and it was relatively easy to get a mail-in ballot in Idaho (not exactly a progressive state). I did like that I could register to vote at the DMV in NY State when I registered my car and transferred my driver's license.

[@nicolebraida7900]

I am appalled at the MAGA hate and consistent aggression against people who need to feel safe to vote. It’s disgusting!

[@sasunshine5866]

This young man is great and he’s going to go far. Just want to tell him I appreciate his efforts up to this point to make voting better for the constituents out here in people land! Thank you Senator Zellmer! I’m so impressed with you and what you have done and what you are doing. We need more like you in our government!

[@eric2500]

Every last LOCALITY need representation and investment. *I have no idea whether or not this man would make a good mayor, but I will be watching him closely to find out.*

[@AlfCalson]

. 👍 MARC ELIAS 👍

[@wisdomsleuth77777]

Can Biden executive order to say that all the states have to count their ballots that were mailed in the same way I think that would go a long way towards stopping the talking point of the ballots being counted so far out and people doubting the results

[@susantownsend9340]

Before the debate I really liked Kamala Harris. Now I'm crazy-madly in Love with Her!!!😂❤🎉

[@dirtydave1889]

How is the gunmaker responsible for what some dumb kid does on the street?

[@eric2500]

Housing is a Huge Issue!

[@aprilfool53]

How about reinstating meaningful civics classes and the civics class teacher being the school democracy advocate being proposed

[@kimlarson7136]

#stopProject2025

[@DonnaGisellaTranchel]

Delenda Est Trump! 💙💙💙🦩

[@kb9tbq]

Mark, I have been sharing your posts and your site links to groups in facebook and just in the last day they removed a dozen of my posts leading to your site because of cybersecurity risks they claim. They just give that as the reason, and they yanked every one of the posts. I just wanted to let you know the bs they are up to on Facebook.

[@catherineperino3309]

Wow thank you for relaying this information

[@PhillipLespinasse-pc2jr]

We need more people like you

[@EvaMereteJespersen]

I brought my grandkids to the voting site, to show them how to vote, in Oslo Norway 🇳🇴💐

[@markveteto2103]

I wish Arkansas politicians are more open minded like this young man.

[@PhillipLespinasse-pc2jr]

Good job

[@adamderbent6986]

Have you seen the SCOTUS oath?

[@JJ-ez8fd]

A very good law. Additionally we have in California the rule that when a ballot is dropped off or mailed that it is received and counted. A text is sent to the voter acknowledging receipt and that ballot was counted.

[@yveeriksson7437]

India has a population of 1.4 billion people, whereof 969 millions were registered voters in the latest election. About 67% of them voted, that is 642 million votes. This means that India had 600% more votes to count than USA had last time. The Indian people managed this thanks to planning and following voting rules. USA is a pretty developed country and it's a scandal that you don't do better.

[@liviadix1433]

Many Americans are taking their democracy for granted. I’m a naturalized American citizen. I vote!

[@carolhartley5982]

Developing countries I have lived in have shown me, too, how far the USA has to go to catch up & land in the 21st century. I guess the conservatives there are of the 1860 vintage, before emancipation the slaves, before enfranchisement of women, then of people of colour, & all the details that flow from those rights.

[@tanyaarmendariz4047]

My daughter just turned 18 and she’s voting for the 1st time this year

[@SereneRottweiler-dc7fx]

Providing aid and comfort to voters is illegal? How can such a thing even be possible in the USofA of all places, what the hell is the matter with this world?

[@jjbode1]

What Ststes have adopted the JLVRA or equivalent?

[@karlachampe5047]

Put civics class back in schools! Do registration as part of class exercise!

[@mitchellkrouth5083]

So many activities that’s what we do we fix shit up and make it brand new. How are you doing?

[@cindygr8ce]

I a, from Buffalo. I think I'll give the Senetors office a call. I really want nys to give the franchise back to those who r incarcerated, WHILE INCARCERATED. Let alone the audacity this country has that so,e states never give the franchise back even after their sentence is long over. Citizens in this country get rights and privileges and return we must follow the laws passed by our representatives. When someone breaks those rules ams are given incarceration that "contract" doesnt stop. Yes, some rights must be curtailed but I find it monstrous we take ALL of them away but also demand the inmate not further break any laws or they CAN AMD WILL B CHARGED with those new crimes. The right this country STEALS from its citizen more than any other is VOTING. Since our founding all or part of the government has worked harder to stop Americans from voting. We will NEVER have a truely free liberal secular democracy until every adult citizen has the right to vote in every election. It shouldnbe a DUTY with a law requiring everyone vote.

[@nicolebraida7900]

Remember that during the 2020 election the reason Trump didn’t want his voters to vote by mail is that he felt his voters would come out on the actual voting day and he wanted the raced called while he was ahead on votes and wanted all the mail ballots to be thrown out saying the day had passed and he won.

A democracy officer in every school seems like a good idea, but let's do a reality check. My state is desperately cutting everything that can be cut - music classes, art classes, after school programs, even teaching positions - because of budget shortfalls. My town recently voted on whether to raise property taxes a tiny amount in order to close the local budget gap and avoid laying off teachers and increasing class sizes (again); the proposition was voted down by a healthy majority. Taxes is the dirtiest of dirty words here in this red state. Funding a new democracy officer position? That is pie-in-the-sky. Maybe in wealthy New York but not in my backyard. Good idea but impossible to implement in many places, I'll bet. In an ideal world we would not need a democracy officer...

[@dirtydave1889]

Ambulance chasers they are. Pathetic.

[@LynnNickles-sx6tt]

💙🇺🇸💙

[@simplysimian7118]

If it’s against the law to hand out free water, then make them win it. Simply, approach a voter in line, put your hand behind your back, and ask them to guess how many fingers you’re holding up. And voila, you have a “winner, winner chicken dinner”. Give them their winning bottle of water. Nothing was given away.

[@DHa-og5dx]

Vote early - vote today.

[@MayraSantos-kh3er]

Morning I Mayra Santos I lives in NY I vote every time but when l went to vote early I can’t because in the place Blondel. Close to my house when I went they send me. Others place but not ones there are not people and I looked asked . I keeping vote late in November .

[@bartsteadman3120]

If He'll freezes over and Trump gets elected would it be possible to invoke the 14th amendment section 3. Trump has been judged to have committed an insurrection. The Supreme Court only ruled that states could not use it, although if he was removed from office his VP would be just as bad.

[@mcstraka4826]

💙🩵💙

[@misslanapaulford]

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[@marlenegrasley]

may i suggest u talk to the trump haters in rep as im canadian !!!!

[@Ana84262]

Pura vida

[@bennyboy7670]

Sorry, but I can Not vote for Biden after seeing his mental decline.

[@peterbreis5407]

FFS Just look at how Australia does voting. You might actually see what is possible. The USA is just appalling. How do you have the gall to call yourself a democracy? Half of you seem to hate democracy.

[@cmd2973]

FJB

[@TontonMacoute]

Why do you take almost 5 minutes before you distil the problems with voting?

[@guppygrease9767]

Gerrymandering root of problem entrenched vary small insignificant sum of men making rule benefit just them. People helping People leading People pass it on!

[@guppygrease9767]

Good stuff matter and fact, thank you everyone playing along.

[@jacquelinephillips1608]

GERRYMANDERING is here in Florida, I'm voting 💙 across the ballot, GO JOE ,GO BLUE 💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙,WE need to get DESATAN out of Florida, turn Florida Blue 💙💙💙💙💙💙

[@frankiewho6173]

Thank you

[@Papa4085-P]

💙🇺🇸💙