Most_DT0 other_AJ0 large_AJ0 cities_NN2 and_CJC jurisdictions_NN2 do_VDB n't_XX0 have_VHI these_DT0 problems_NN2 ._SENT As_CJS detailed_AJ0 in_PRP a_AT0 new_AJ0 report_NN1 by_PRP the_AT0 Brennan_NP0 Center_NN1 for_PRP Justice_NP0 ,_PUN they_PNP take_VVB elections_NN2 seriously_AV0 by_PRP hiring_VVG professionals_NN2 who_PNQ know_VVB what_DTQ they_PNP 're_VBB doing_VDG and_CJC training_VVG those_DT0 who_PNQ do_VDB n't_XX0 ._SENT Their_DPS boards_NN2 are_VBB much_AV0 smaller_AJC and_CJC their_DPS commissioners_NN2 can_VM0 be_VBI removed_VVN by_PRP the_AT0 same_DT0 people_NN0 who_PNQ appointed_VVD them_PNP ._SENT They_PNP provide_VVB sufficient_AJ0 funds_NN2 to_TO0 run_VVI elections_NN2 smoothly_AV0 ,_PUN and_CJC they_PNP make_VVB voting_VVG data_NN0 easily_AV0 available_AJ0 to_PRP the_AT0 public_NN1 ._SENT All_DT0 of_PRF this_DT0 is_VBZ good_AJ0 government_NN1 101._CRD It_PNP 's_VBZ not_XX0 like_PRP New_NP0 York_NP0 does_VDZ n't_XX0 know_VVI how_AVQ to_TO0 do_VDI these_DT0 things_NN2 ._SENT Many_DT0 of_PRF the_AT0 city_NN1 's_POS largest_AJS and_CJC most_AV0 important_AJ0 agencies_NN2 —_PUN from_PRP education_NN1 to_PRP law_NN1 enforcement_NN1 —_PUN conduct_VVB national_AJ0 searches_NN2 for_PRP their_DPS leaders_NN2 ._SENT By_PRP contrast_NN1 ,_PUN elections_NN2 commissioners_NN2 are_VBB appointed_VVN with_PRP virtually_AV0 no_AT0 public_AJ0 notice_NN1 or_CJC process_NN1 ._SENT This_DT0 may_VM0 please_VVI back-room_AJ0 politicians_NN2 ,_PUN but_CJC it_PNP makes_VVZ New_NP0 York_NP0 City_NN1 a_AT0 national_AJ0 laughingstock_NN1 ._SENT Maddeningly_AV0 ,_PUN the_AT0 city_NN1 ca_VM0 n't_XX0 truly_AV0 reform_VVI this_DT0 system_NN1 without_PRP state_NN1 action_NN1 ._SENT Good_AJ0 ,_PUN then_AV0 ,_PUN that_CJT New_NP0 York_NP0 State_NN1 has_VHZ at_PRP long_AV0 last_ORD started_VVD to_TO0 drag_VVI itself_PNX out_AVP of_PRF the_AT0 electoral_AJ0 Dark_AJ0 Ages_NN2 ._SENT In_PRP 2019_CRD ,_PUN the_AT0 state_NN1 adopted_VVD an_AT0 early_AJ0 voting_NN1 period_NN1 more_AV0 than_CJS a_AT0 week_NN1 long_AV0 ,_PUN as_CJS well_AV0 as_CJS other_AJ0 measures_NN2 to_TO0 encourage_VVI turnout_NN1 and_CJC make_VVB voting_VVG easier_AJC ._SENT This_DT0 year_NN1 ,_PUN the_AT0 voters_NN2 can_VM0 get_VVI in_AVP on_PRP the_AT0 action_NN1 themselves_PNX by_PRP approving_VVG two_CRD ballot_NN1 measures_NN2 ,_PUN Proposals_NN2 3_CRD and_CJC 4_CRD ,_PUN that_DT0 would_VM0 allow_VVI the_AT0 state_NN1 to_TO0 implement_VVI two_CRD popular_AJ0 voter-friendly_AJ0 reforms_NN2 :_PUN same-day_AJ0 voter_NN1 registration_NN1 and_CJC no-excuse_NN1 absentee_NN1 balloting_NN1 ._SENT When_CJS it_PNP comes_VVZ to_PRP the_AT0 city_NN1 election_NN1 board_NN1 itself_PNX ,_PUN the_AT0 good_AJ0 news_NN1 is_VBZ that_CJT most_DT0 of_PRF the_AT0 board_NN1 's_POS dysfunction_NN1 can_VM0 be_VBI fixed_VVN right_AV0 now_AV0 ,_PUN through_PRP state_NN1 law_NN1 ,_PUN and_CJC without_PRP having_VHG to_TO0 resort_VVI to_PRP the_AT0 cumbersome_AJ0 process_NN1 of_PRF amending_VVG New_NP0 York_NP0 's_POS Constitution_NN1 ._SENT Topping_VVG the_AT0 list_NN1 of_PRF reforms_NN2 is_VBZ the_AT0 need_NN1 for_PRP professionalism_NN1 and_CJC accountability_NN1 :_PUN The_AT0 commissioners_NN2 should_VM0 have_VHI résumés_NN2 that_CJT show_VVB real_AJ0 experience_NN1 in_PRP administering_VVG elections_NN2 ,_PUN and_CJC they_PNP should_VM0 be_VBI appointed_VVN ,_PUN and_CJC removable_AJ0 ,_PUN by_PRP local_AJ0 officials_NN2 who_PNQ directly_AV0 answer_VVB to_PRP the_AT0 voters_NN2 ._SENT There_EX0 's_VBZ nothing_PNI like_PRP the_AT0 threat_NN1 of_PRF real_AJ0 consequences_NN2 to_TO0 encourage_VVI the_AT0 hiring_NN1 of_PRF competent_AJ0 people_NN0 ._SENT Reducing_VVG the_AT0 size_NN1 of_PRF the_AT0 board_NN1 would_VM0 help_VVI too_AV0 ,_PUN by_PRP investing_VVG more_DT0 responsibility_NN1 in_PRP each_DT0 individual_AJ0 commissioner_NN1 ._SENT Dumping_VVG the_AT0 requirement_NN1 that_CJT Democrats_NN2 and_CJC Republicans_NN2 be_VBB equally_AV0 represented_VVN at_PRP nearly_AV0 every_AT0 level_NN1 of_PRF the_AT0 agency_NN1 ,_PUN not_XX0 just_AV0 among_PRP commissioners_NN2 ,_PUN would_VM0 allow_VVI for_PRP staff_NN0 hires_NN2 based_VVN on_PRP actual_AJ0 ability_NN1 rather_AV0 than_CJS partisan_AJ0 bean_NN1 counting_VVG ._SENT 
