Nick Reisman reports at New York State of Politics that with early voting debuting in New York Oct. 26, Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed three more bills Oct. 24 to make voting easier. The bills purportedly make it easier to read ballots; require ballots make clear when a ballot has two sides; and mandate that boards of election post sample ballots online before an election for voters to preview. “Voting is a fundamental right and there should never be a situation where that right is infringed on just because the ballot isn’t clear,” Cuomo said. “These measures will bolster the progress we’ve made to improve voting access by ensuring ballots clearly lay out the choices and there is no confusion when New Yorkers walk into the voting booth.” In Columbia County there are three locations to vote ahead of Nov. 5: the county office building in Hudson; the Martin H. Glynn Municipal Building in Valatie; and Copake Town Hall in Copake. In Greene County, early voting takes place Oct. 26 through Nov. 3 at the Greene County Office Building, 411 Main St. #430, in Catskill. In southern Albany County, the Helderberg Ambulance site, at 978 Cole Hill Rd. in East Berne will be set up for all voters registered in Election Districts in Berne, Knox, Rensselaerville, and Westerlo. The Bethlehem Lutheran Church, at 85 Elm Ave. in Delmar, will be for voters registered in Bethlehem, Coeymans, and New Scotland. In southern Rensselaer County, the Schodack Town Hall at 265 Schuurman Rd. in Castleston-on-Hudson will be set up for early voting. To gain a political advantage, Republicans, in the majority in Rensselaer County, did not set up an early voting site in Troy, the county's largest city and home to more Democrats than GOP members.