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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: NY polling place problems [View all]suffragette
(12,232 posts)16. "Latest from N.Y. primaries: Postcards cause polling location problems upstate"
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2016/2016/04/19/latest-ny-primaries-clintons-cast-their-votes/83230426/
2:15 p.m.: Lines formed at some polling places in the areas as voters waited for the noon opening to cast their ballots. At a polling place upstate in Greece, a suburb of Rochester, 20 people had voted by 12:10 p.m. A worker there said in past primaries, just a couple of people voted in the first hour.
However, 15 to 30 people in Greece were unable to cast ballots at the Edna Tina Wilson Center on Island Cottage Road. Michele Frangakis said she was first in line there but was not allowed to cast a ballot.
She said she got a postcard in the mail directing her to a new location, but "they're telling me I can't vote here because it's not my district." Frangakis said officials at the precinct could not get through to the board of elections or other precincts, so she didn't know where she should go.
It's possible that some voters got two postcards in the mail one with their polling place for the primary, and another for the May school board election and went to the wrong location.
2:15 p.m.: Lines formed at some polling places in the areas as voters waited for the noon opening to cast their ballots. At a polling place upstate in Greece, a suburb of Rochester, 20 people had voted by 12:10 p.m. A worker there said in past primaries, just a couple of people voted in the first hour.
However, 15 to 30 people in Greece were unable to cast ballots at the Edna Tina Wilson Center on Island Cottage Road. Michele Frangakis said she was first in line there but was not allowed to cast a ballot.
She said she got a postcard in the mail directing her to a new location, but "they're telling me I can't vote here because it's not my district." Frangakis said officials at the precinct could not get through to the board of elections or other precincts, so she didn't know where she should go.
It's possible that some voters got two postcards in the mail one with their polling place for the primary, and another for the May school board election and went to the wrong location.
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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