Zellnor Myrie: “We passed a law here in New York that allows for…”

“And so I feel an obligation, Mark, to be a legislator of vision, to think about how things can be better and there is always room for us to improve. You know, We passed a law here in New York that allows for pre-registration. That is 16 and 17 year olds can pre-register to vote such that when they turn 18 they are automatically registered. I'm really proud that we were able to pass that. But guess what? There aren't mechanisms in our schools to help with this pre registration.” (32:42–32:57)

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