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Bard College Continues To Push For A Polling Site To Be Moved To Its Campus
While The Andrew Goodman Foundation won to establish a polling location on Bard College's campus this November, AGF will continue to pursue its long term agenda to establish Bard as a permanent polling location for Dutchess County's fifth district.
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After The Election, SCOTUS Should Grant Cert. To Correct The Bad 26th Amendment Cases
While it may be too late to change Texas' discriminatory law before Election Day, The Andrew Goodman Foundation, Common Cause, and Equal Citizen's amicus brief filed with the Supreme Court aims to ensure that the constitutional rights of young voters be respected.
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Student Interest in the Election Is High. So Are the Barriers to Voting
Managing Director Maxim Thorne discusses the challenges students face at the ballot box, such as inaccessible polling locations as seen with Bard College.
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Getting Out the Youth Vote in the iMentor Community
Andrew Goodman Senior Program Manager Wambui Gatheru shares how young people under 18 have a role to play in the political process.
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Red Hook District 5 Argument Revived After Separate Polling Site Moved
In response to Dutchess County's decisions to relocate other polling locations over safety concerns, The Andrew Goodman Foundation files motion to rehear Bard College's lawsuit.
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Judge Rules Against Moving Polling Site To Bard College
Judge states it is too close to Election Day to change polling location to Bard College, while Dutchess County moves around other locations the following day. This is a part of a decades long struggle to establish a polling location on campus and protect student voting rights.
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Red Hook Polling Location to Stay at Church Despite Distancing Concerns
Students at Bard College will have to vote in an unsafe and inaccessible polling location in November in recent judge ruling.
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Bard Loses Lawsuit Seeking Better Voting Location
New York State Supreme Court judge acknowledges merit of Bard's case but ultimately rejects the proposal over procedure.
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Supreme Court Judge Rejects Request to Move Polling Place to Bard College
Due to the proximity to Election Day, judge rules against moving polling location to Bard College in spite of current site's inability to allow social distancing, non-ADA compliance, and distance for students.
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Supreme Court Judge Rejects Request to Move Polling Place to Bard College Campus
Despite valid concerns of safety and accessibility, Dutchess County Election Commissioner Erik Haight expresses his support of the judge's ruling in Bard lawsuit and chastises students for "wasting everyone's time and taxpayers' money."
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