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Two things bother me on top of what others wrote.

First, credit reports are full of errors! How fair would that be to be denied a job based on an error that the credit reporting agency made?

Second, using credit reports is probably more being used as a way to find out things that an employer is not legally allowed to ask. For example, they can't ask you for your age, marital status, sexual orientation, if you have a disability, etc., but that might be something they can find out about via reading a credit report.

This is an excellent piece of legislation. Let's pass it.

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I used to live in New York (Albany) and really liked the fusion system there. It did two things for me as a voter. First, it gave me a bit more information about the candidates if I didn't know a lot. I am generally a well-informed voter, but sometimes on a down-ballot race, I didn't know as much as I would have liked. But knowing what third parties endorsed a major party candidate gave me more of an idea. Second, it allowed me to send a message as to WHY I was voting for a candidate (at least in terms of true fusion voting where there is a separate line for the party). By voting on a third party line, I could say "I am voting for you because you support the issues of this party."

Therefore, I support true fusion voting, and I commend the legislature on passing this first step towards that.

I also work for OSPIRG now, and our platform includes support for fusion voting. We urge the Governor to sign this legislation and we hope he will also support true fusion in the future.

..Jon Bartholomew

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