UH OH! Andrew Cuomo's EO about who can now vote in NY has Cynthia Nixon FUMING (and others shaking their heads)

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has issued an executive order for New York:

Today I’m issuing an executive order giving parolees the right to vote.

It is unconscionable to deny voting rights to New Yorkers who have re-entered society.

— Andrew Cuomo (@NYGovCuomo) April 18, 2018

NEWS: Andrew Cuomo just announced that he's granting all parolees in New York the right to vote by executive order.

— Shane Goldmacher (@ShaneGoldmacher) April 18, 2018

It came right after he said the Legislature had voted down such a measure.

"I'm going to make it law by executive order," Andrew Cuomo said.

— Shane Goldmacher (@ShaneGoldmacher) April 18, 2018

Cynthia Nixon, who is giving Cuomo a primary challenge, slammed the timing of the governor’s executive order:

For eight years, Cuomo governed like a Republican — handing control of our state to his ultra-rich donors and the party of Trump. Now he's scared of communities all across New York who want to replace him with a real Democrat.

— Cynthia Nixon (@CynthiaNixon) April 18, 2018

We don't buy the Governor's new song-and-dance routine. Voter suppression in New York should have ended eight years ago, from the rights of parolees to access to early voting and automatic registration.

— Cynthia Nixon (@CynthiaNixon) April 18, 2018

Others shook their heads but for a different reason: A governor creating new voters with the stroke of a pen ahead of an election:

Imagine if you read that a leader in some other country was unilaterally ordering up new voters when facing an election challenge. https://t.co/W2Tb6kuH8P

— Dan McLaughlin (@baseballcrank) April 18, 2018

Only way Dems can boost turnout. Letting children and other criminals vote https://t.co/59uKxVnHQB

— Comfortably Smug (@ComfortablySmug) April 18, 2018

https://twitter.com/wupton/status/986687152909180928

Could be.