New York joins growing movement for automatic voter registration

New York lawmakers passed a bill this week to establish automatic voter registration, making it the second most populous state to do so.

The state Senate passed the measure Wednesday and the Assembly followed suit a day later, sending the legislation to Gov. Andrew Cuomo's desk. If AVR gets the Democratic governor's approval, it will go into effect at the start of 2023.

Easing the voter registration process has been a growing movement across the country. Over the last five years, 19 other states (including California, the most populous state)...