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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: NY polling place problems [View all]suffragette
(12,232 posts)12. Polling places moved and voters redirected with handwritten signs
https://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20160419/upper-west-side/uws-polling-site-changes-confuse-sabotage-voters-locals-say
UPPER WEST SIDE Voters who have gone to the same polling sites for decades turned up at their usual voting locations Tuesday baffled to learn they had to head elsewhere to cast a ballot in the presidential primary and in some cases given conflicting information on where to go.
The Board of Elections moved several longtime voting sites in the neighborhood, but many voters were unaware of the change, they said.
"I was expecting to vote," said Sarah, 77, who'd been going to P.S. 9 on West 84th Street, one of the longtime neighborhood polling sites that the BOE moved, for 40 years.
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Electa Arenal de Rodriguez said she'd been voting at P.S. 87 since 1966 but that election workers couldn't find her name on the roster.
She was disappointed not to vote but was given an affidavit ballot envelope, which she said she'd fill out.
UPPER WEST SIDE Voters who have gone to the same polling sites for decades turned up at their usual voting locations Tuesday baffled to learn they had to head elsewhere to cast a ballot in the presidential primary and in some cases given conflicting information on where to go.
The Board of Elections moved several longtime voting sites in the neighborhood, but many voters were unaware of the change, they said.
"I was expecting to vote," said Sarah, 77, who'd been going to P.S. 9 on West 84th Street, one of the longtime neighborhood polling sites that the BOE moved, for 40 years.
~~~
Electa Arenal de Rodriguez said she'd been voting at P.S. 87 since 1966 but that election workers couldn't find her name on the roster.
She was disappointed not to vote but was given an affidavit ballot envelope, which she said she'd fill out.
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and one reason why I don't understand why more people don't do absentee ballots
still_one
Apr 2016
#3
Yes. Voters have been disparaged for not having taken care of registration months ago,
suffragette
Apr 2016
#9
Sure seems like Brooklyn had been extra hard hit, first with purging voter rolls, now
suffragette
Apr 2016
#15
"Latest from N.Y. primaries: Postcards cause polling location problems upstate"
suffragette
Apr 2016
#16
"Problems at Williamsburg Polling Station Just One of Many Headaches For Voters"
suffragette
Apr 2016
#17
what a mess! how come no dry runs? or any kind of verification that things were up and ready?
amborin
Apr 2016
#18
Great points. And why is there more bashing on the people who want to exercise
suffragette
Apr 2016
#19
They've also CHANGED POLLING places a day before the primary in many precincts. We have to do
sabrina 1
Apr 2016
#21
are you starting to understand the rules are only for the little people
questionseverything
Apr 2016
#29
They should. Also, in another thread someone in NY pointed out that it is difficult
suffragette
Apr 2016
#28
New York City Comptroller To Audit Board Of Election Due To Hundreds Of Thousands Of Polling Problem
suffragette
Apr 2016
#31