Old-fashioned mechanical lever voting machines have been replaced with electronic devices in most elections in New York since the Help America Vote Act in 2002. Many of the older devices are still in ...

A bill co-sponsored by Senator Jack M. Martins (R-Mineola), who represents the Roslyn area in Albany and Assemblywoman Michelle Schimel (D-Great Neck) has been signed into law by Governor Andrew Cuomo ...

After pleading with the state for permission to deploy its lever voting machines for the primary and possible runoff and getting it, the city Board of Elections on Tuesday officially voted to do so — ...

Everything old is new again! Unsatisfied with the computerized voting system that was put in place in New York three years ago, a bipartisan group of state lawmakers in Brooklyn and Staten Island is ...

Tuesday’s primary election and possible runoff will be the last time New Yorkers vote by lever, probably for good. The 800-pound machines, which have been sitting in a Brooklyn warehouse since they ...

Say goodbye to the voting booth with its quaint little curtain. Say goodbye to pulling the lever for your candidate. And say hello to filling in SAT-style ovals on Election Day. After years of delays ...