New York
New York made commendable progress in expanding access to mail voting in 2020 and should seize the opportunity to continue this progress by codifying temporary reforms implemented in 2020. The State can continue to strengthen its election system by making no-excuse absentee voting, drop boxes, polling place drop off, and preprocessing permanent. Additionally, we suggest updating election data infrastructure, adding a permanent absentee voter list, and implementing improved statewide ballot tracking to increase voter convenience and confidence. As always, we stress that policy is important, but it is just as important that it is implemented well.