All About Vote by Mail: Q&A with New York State Senator Jen Metzger
Channel: Forge Collective
Date: 16/06/2020

This podcast was recorded on June 11, 2020 in Saugerties, New York. Andrew Gill and Dennis Fredette, leaders of Represent Albany, a chapter of the national organization RepresentUs, and Keiko Sono, founder of Forge Collective, asked Senator Jen Metzger about this year's election, specifically about mail-in voting. Ms. Metzger sponsored S8120, a bill to allow voting by mail in a state of emergency in the state of New York.

Andrew, Dennis, and Keiko, along with members of Indivisible Ulster who were not present at the recording, have formed a coalition to help make vote-by-mail available for elections in 2020, and are evaluating the possibility of making automatic vote-by-mail a permanent option in New York State, which requires a state constitutional amendment. This Q&A was arranged to receive accurate information regarding these short- and long-term perspectives.

RepresentUs (https://volunteer.represent.us/albany) is a nonpartisan organization that fights corruption in government by advocating for reforms to voting, campaign finance, ethics and lobbying laws. Forge Collective (https://forgeartcollective.org/) is a non-profit platform for building a humanity-forward society through shared experiences and deep communication. 

Music credit: Kevin MacLeod