WPCNR'S ADAM IN ALBANY. By Assemblyman Adam T. Bradley. January 26, 2005: Assemblyman Adam Bradley (D-White Plains) announced Assembly passage of legislation to modernize the voting process and help New York comply with the federal Help America Vote Act of 2002.

“We must do everything we can to ensure and restore faith in the integrity of our electoral process,” Bradley said. “This legislation will help New York comply with HAVA and improve the democratic process.”

The Assembly’s reform plan will implement the Help America Vote Act to make voting in New York easier and more accurate by:

·        banning punch card ballots; requiring the adoption of a single type of voting machine with a voter-verified paper audit trail; and ensuring voting machines which are fully accessible to the disabled are present at every polling place (A.5);

·        consolidating election operations at the county level – ensuring elections are run consistently and polling places are adequately staffed with well-trained workers (A.122);

·        creating a statewide computerized voter registration list with proper privacy protections – helping to ensure voters get in and out of the polls quickly, record votes accurately and prevent voter fraud (A.121);

·        establishing basic guidelines to ensure the disabled community has access to polling sites (A.120)

“In Westchester County where we have an undecided State Senate seat and a city council seat in White Plains, which has been at issue for years, we know firsthand the need for updated, accurate and verifiable election machinery,” Bradley concluded. “These measures will help ensure the integrity of our elections.”