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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: NY polling place problems [View all]suffragette
(12,232 posts)31. New York City Comptroller To Audit Board Of Election Due To Hundreds Of Thousands Of Polling Problem
http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2016/04/19/primary-day-voting-problems/
CBS2s Steve Langford reported Scott Stringer is going to audit the Board of Election due to the numerous polling problems across the city.
Why is it alleged that 125,000 people have been removed from the voter rolls? Why did 60,000 people receive notices to vote that didnt have the primary date? Why were people told they were in the wrong polling place time and time again? Stringer said. The next president of the United States could very easily be decided tonight and yet the incompetence of the Board of Election puts a cloud over these results.
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Other voters said they were plagued by registry issues. One woman said if your last name was at the end of the alphabet at her polling site in Windsor Terrace, you had to vote affidavit.
1/2 @BrianLehrer At my polling venue in Windsor Terrace this AM they didn't have the list of names past N in our district. #NYPrimary
No names past N? Really messed up.
CBS2s Steve Langford reported Scott Stringer is going to audit the Board of Election due to the numerous polling problems across the city.
Why is it alleged that 125,000 people have been removed from the voter rolls? Why did 60,000 people receive notices to vote that didnt have the primary date? Why were people told they were in the wrong polling place time and time again? Stringer said. The next president of the United States could very easily be decided tonight and yet the incompetence of the Board of Election puts a cloud over these results.
~~~
Other voters said they were plagued by registry issues. One woman said if your last name was at the end of the alphabet at her polling site in Windsor Terrace, you had to vote affidavit.
1/2 @BrianLehrer At my polling venue in Windsor Terrace this AM they didn't have the list of names past N in our district. #NYPrimary
No names past N? Really messed up.
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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