Andrew Cuomo issues executive order sending absentee ballot applications to every voter this summer

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed an executive order requiring the state’s election board to send every registered voter an absentee ballot application for elections this summer.

“We still have elections in the midst of all this chaos,” Cuomo said during his press conference on Friday. “We have seen elections held where we have people online for a long period of time. It makes no sense to me to tell people you have to put your life at risk, violate social distancing, to come out and vote. So, we have passed an executive order that said you can vote by absentee.”