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Season 2019 Episode 42 | 26m 46s
Take a look at how one county prepared for the process, which wasn’t as smooth as hoped. Many counties across the state struggled to find accessible polling places. Others dealt with upgrading voting technology to accommodate early voting. Will the state and counties iron out the wrinkles by next year for the presidential election?
Aired: 10/25/19
Video has closed captioning.Funding for New York NOW is provided by WNET.
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