PEARL RIVER, NY – On April 21, 2021 the New York State Assembly passed a bill that would give former prisoners the right to vote (S.830-B). Under the bill, anyone who is released on parole, regardless of their crime, would be eligible to register to vote.

Watch Assemblyman Lawler Discuss the bill below.

“Today, my colleagues in the New York State Assembly passed a bill that would give cop-killers and child rapists the right to vote. That’s insane. Are these really the kinds of people Democrats want to give voting rights to? To determine our governing body and our laws?”

“I simply cannot understand why any elected official in New York State would vote to give some of the most heinous criminals in our country the right to vote.”

“In honor of Paula Bohovesky, Peter Paige, Officer Waverly Brown, and Sgt. Edward O’Grady, who lost their lives to criminals who have been released on parole or are soon to be released on parole, I voted against this bill. These victims of crimes in my district can no longer vote. Their murderers should not be given the right to vote. It’s a slap in the face to the family members who lost their loved ones, to Rockland County residents, and to families who lost brothers, sisters, mothers, and fathers to violent crime everywhere.”

LINK TO THE BILL HERE – https://nyassembly.gov/leg/?default_fld=&leg_video=&bn=S00830&term=2021&Summary=Y&Memo=Y&Text=Y