Press Releases

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today Senators Herb Kohl (D-WI) and Chuck Schumer (D-NY) released a report by the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) on voting access for residents of long-term care facilities. The report found that 78 of the 92 localities GAO surveyed take steps to facilitate voting for long-term care facility residents, with...

In 2002, Help America Vote Act Changed Content in Voter Registration Forms Making Previously Translated Forms Useless Asian Communities Across New York City Were At Risk Of Being Unable to Register to Vote Schumer: Asian Communities in New York City and Across The Country Will Now be Provided the Same Access to Democracy As Everyone Else Today,...

New Law Places New Requirements on States To Mail Out Ballots To Troops In Time to Give them 45 Days to Return Their Ballots Also Requires Defense Department To Make Emergency Ballots Available Online So That Troops Can Print Them Out and Send Them Back WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer (D-NY), Chairman of the Senate Rules...

Legislation Would Place New Requirements on States To Mail Out Ballots To Troops In Time to Give them 45 Days to Return Their Ballots Bill Also Requires Defense Department To Make Emergency Ballots Available Online So That Troops Can Print Them Out and Send Them Back WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer (D-NY), Chairman of the...

Schumer, As Senate Rules Chairman, Will Solicit Input From State, Local Election Officials About Anti-Competitive Impacts Of Proposed Merger Findings Will Be Compiled Into Public Report That Will Be Shared With Justice Department Senator: More Information Is Needed On Voting Machine Merger And Possible Antitrust Problems WASHINGTON, DC – U.S....

Painting Will Be Unveiled In Ceremony Tonight In The U.S. Capitol "The Great Compromiser" Was A Giant of the Senate and Former Speaker of the House of Representatives U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer and other Senate leaders will unveil the painting donated by the LeRoy Historical Society of a historic portrait of legendary Senator Henry Clay in the...

Schumer, As Senate Rules Chairman, Raises Flags Over Proposed Merger On Antitrust Grounds Says Deal Could Give One Company Control Over 75 Percent of Election Machine Market Senator: Competition Is Needed To Reduce Chances of Widespread Election Fraud WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer (D-NY), the Chairman of the Senate Rules...

Military Voters Are Not Given Enough Time To Vote; Must Request, Receive and Return Ballots - All By Mail In New York State, Process Takes A Snail-Like 82 Days Schumer: Thousands Of New York's Heroes Are Being Disenfranchised U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer today revealed that over 8,000 troops from Upstate New York State have been robbed of their...

Sixteen Years After Federal 'Motor-Voter' Law Required Public Assistance Agencies To Provide Registration Materials To Eligible Voters, At Least 18 States Were Not Complying Last YearLaw Accounted For 2.6 Million New Registrants In First Two Years After Taking Effect, But Registrations Processed At These Locations Have Decreased 79 Percent Since...

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer, Chairman of the Senate Rules Committee, has asked the Senate Budget Committee for $470 million in previously allocated funds to help states pay for the new statewide voter lists and better voting machines they are mandated to provide under the 2002 Help America Vote Act...

Bill Passes With Unanimous Support As Amendment To Defense Authorization Measure—Full Bill Could Pass As Early As Later Tonight Legislation Would Place New Requirements on States To Mail Out Ballots To Troops In Time to Give them 45 Days to Return Their Ballots Bill Also Requires Defense Department To Make Emergency Ballots Available Online...

Bill Passes With Overwhelming Bipartisan Support; Senators Now Plan To Add Measure To Pentagon Bill Being Debated on Senate Floor This Week   Legislation Would Place New Requirements on States To Mail Out Ballots To Troops In Time to Give them 45 Days to Return Their Ballots   Bill Also Requires Defense Department To Make Emergency...

Senate Meeting Set For Next Week To Give Committee Approval To Bill; After That, Senators Plan To Add Measure To Pentagon Bill About to Hit Senate Floor Legislation Would Place New Requirements on States To Mail Out Ballots To Troops In Time to Give them 55 Days to Return Their Ballots Bill Also Requires Defense Department To Make Emergency...

Senator Unveils Disturbing Data, Culled By Surveying State Election Offices, As Senate Hearing Examines Flaws In Overseas Balloting Program   Schumer Urges Qualified New Director For Office That Oversees Military Voting Process—Says Systemic Reforms Are Needed To Ensure Every Military Ballot Is Counted    WASHINGTON,...

Survey Estimates Up To 3 Million Actively Tried To Vote, But Were Denied; 4 Million Registered Voters Were ‘Discouraged’ From Voting Due To Administrative Hassles   Election Expert: Registration Problems Were To 2008 Election What Punch-Card Ballots Were In 2000 and Long Lines Were In 2004   Schumer: This Many Lost Votes...

Mr. President, I rise today to pay tribute not to a person, or an agency, or an institution, but to a building. That building, the Russell Senate Office Building, turns 100 years old today. The Russell Building has graced Capitol Hill for a century. Some of us have been fortunate to have our Senate office located in Russell. But all of us have had...

Washington, DC (Feb. 25, 2009) - U.S. Senators Charles E. Schumer and Bob Bennett, as well as other Members of the Senate, today passed S. Res. 53, a resolution to authorize the installation of a plaque honoring the contributions of enslaved African Americans in constructing the U.S. Capitol. This portion of the Capitol was built by slaves between...

Washington, DC – U.S. Senators Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), and John Kerry (D-Mass.), co-sponsors of the Veterans Voter Support Act, today called the latest directive handed down by the Veterans Health Administration an important step forward in providing voter registration access to veterans in the Department’s care. “The VA...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Daniel K. Akaka (D-HI), Chairman of the Veterans' Affairs Committee, Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), and Senator John Kerry (D-MA), sent a letter today to Veterans Affairs Secretary James B. Peake, calling on him to end the current prohibition of voter registration at Department of Veterans Affairs...

Washington, DC – U.S. Senators Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) and Bob Bennett (R-UT), the Chairman and Ranking Member of the Senate Rules and Administration Committee, today announced the introduction of bipartisan legislation that would require electronic voting systems used in federal elections to produce an independent voter-verified record of...