Let the petitions begin!

Today's the 1st day of petitioning for candidates seeking to be on the ballot for the June 2021 primaries. So all across NY, volunteers and campaigns will be out gathering in person signatures to get their candidates on the ballot, at a time when the Covid 19 virus is still very much present and dangerous

When you can renew your drivers license online, car registration online, refinance your mortgage online, and even register to vote online(https://www.ny.gov/services/register-vote) the idea that we need to do in person petitions for candidates makes my head spin, pandemic or no pandemic.

It is 2021, I would say it is time to leave not the 20th century way of doing things behind, but its actually the 19th century way of doing times.

The time for digital signatures for petitions is long past due. If you can register to vote online, you can sign a petition online. Maybe its time for elected officials who understand the digital age to take us into the 21st Century