Board of Elections

Absentee Ballot Vendor Donated Over $100k To GOP Campaigns

BROOKLYN – Last month the Board of Elections (BOE) sent out nearly 100,000 absentee ballots with return envelopes that had wrong names and addresses in Brooklyn. If the voter filled out this ballot, signed it, and put it in the return envelope, they’d be voting on behalf of someone

News

Campaign Finance Board Sent Out Inaccurate Poll Site Information to 150,000 Voters

Early Voting. Anna Van Der Heijden/BklynerThe New York City Campaign Finance Board sent voter directories with inaccurate poll site information to 150,000 voters citywide, a spokesperson for the CFB told Bklyner. The inaccurate information was included in the CFB’s annual General Election Voter Guide, which since 2017

Announcements

Two Brooklyn Council Members Introduce Two Separate Bills For Basically The Same Thing

Art work by ulie Peppito (Photo: Liena Zagare/Bklyner)BROOKLYN – Council Members Mark Treyger and Justin Brannan– who are literally district neighbors– each introduced a new bill this week to allow for interpreters in poll sites. The only difference? Brannan’s bill [https://legistar.council.nyc.gov/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=

Announcements

Frontus, Supporters Rally To Demand Faster Counting of Votes

Photo: Zainab Iqbal/BklynerCONEY ISLAND – Votes for Assembly District 46 have still not been fully counted, which is why about three dozen people rallied with the candidate currently leading by 70 votes, Mathylde Frontus, outside her campaign office to demand answers and accountability by the Board of Elections (BOE) Saturday

Central Brooklyn

You’re Not Just Voting For The Next President On Tuesday — Here’s What You Need To Know

Photo credit: Theresa Thompson [https://www.flickr.com/photos/theresasthompson/with/2999130055/] / Flickr Tuesday, November 8 is New York’s Primary Elections. And besides the obvious choices, there are a number of important local races to know. Polls will be open from 6am – 9pm. Our coverage area has variation depending

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New York’s Primary Elections Are Tomorrow! Here’s What You Need To Know

Photo by Park Slope StoopTuesday, September 13 is New York’s Primary Elections. Polls will be open from 6am – 9pm. Our coverage area has variation depending on where you live. To get detailed information based on your exact address, visit Voter’s Edge New York [http://votersedge.nyccfb.info/en/

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Velazquez Wins Democratic Congressional Primary; Staggeringly Low Voter Turnout

Nydia Velázquez, winner of the congressional primary for district 7. Courtesy of Velázquez’s Facebook.As expected. Congresswoman Nydia Velázquez [http://velazquez.house.gov/index.shtml] won the Democratic congressional primary for New York District 7 on Tuesday against banker Yungman Lee, [/politics/yungman-lee-looks-bring-new-face-congressional-district-47/] and lawyer Jeff Kurzon [/politics/unconventional-campaign-congressional-district-7/

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Map Shows Voter Purge Hit South Slope And Sunset Park The Hardest, Velázquez Furious

Nydia Veláquez (Courtesy of Nydia Velázquez/Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/RepNydiaVelazquez/?fref=ts])Hispanic voters, many of them in South Slope and Sunset Park, were disproportionately removed from the voting rolls prior to the presidential primary in April compared to all other ethnic groups, according to a report by

News

Map Shows Voter Purge Hit Sunset Park The Hardest, Velázquez Furious

Nydia Veláquez (Courtesy of Nydia Veláquez/Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/RepNydiaVelazquez/?fref=ts])Hispanic voters, many of them in Sunset Park, were disproportionately removed from the voting rolls prior to the presidential primary in April compared to all other ethnic groups, according to a report by WNYC [http://www.

Bensonhurst

Brooklyn’s Purged Voters Restored To Rolls

Photo by Fort Greene Focus.The 120,000 purged voters who disappeared from the rolls ahead of this year’s primary elections been restored to voting rolls, according to the Board of Elections [http://vote.nyc.ny.us/downloads/pdf/documents/boe/minutes/2016/060716meet.pdf] (BOE). The BOE announced

fort greene

Brooklyn’s Purged Voters Restored To Rolls

Photo by Fort Greene Focus.The 120,000 purged voters who disappeared from the rolls ahead of this year’s primary elections been restored to voting rolls, according to the Board of Elections [http://vote.nyc.ny.us/downloads/pdf/documents/boe/minutes/2016/060716meet.pdf] (BOE). The BOE announced

Bensonhurst

Betty Anne Canizio, BOE Official Suspended Over Voter Purge, Still Running For District Leader In Bay Ridge

Betty Anna Canizio with former Brooklyn District Attorney Charles Hynes (Source: Facebook)Betty Anne Canizio — the Board Of Elections (BOE) official who was suspended in the aftermath of the purge of registered Brooklyn voters [/thousands-of-brooklyn/#.VzDADKODGko] revealed during New York’s presidential primary — has no intention of ending her campaign

fort greene

Board Of Elections To Suspend A Second Official Over Botched Democratic Primaries

Photo by Fort Greene Focus.A second Board of Elections (BOE) officials has been suspended as a result of last month’s Democratic primary debacle. Betty Ann Canizio, the BOE Deputy Clerk for Brooklyn, will be suspended without pay as a result of the massive purge [/blog/2016/04/22/

fort greene

Board Of Elections Official Suspended Over Brooklyn’s Presidential Primary Debacle

Photo by Fort Greene Focus.The Board of Elections has booted the official that it says is responsible for Tuesday’s disastrous Democratic primary [/blog/2016/04/19/entire-block-omitted-voter-rolls-says-poll-worker/]. Brooklyn Chief Clerk Diane Hasslet-Rudiano was suspended without pay by the the Commissioners’ Executive Committee of the Board of Elections following

Announcements

#GetOutTheVote: Register Now To Vote In Time For The April 19 Primary

Photo by Fort Greene Focus.It’s not too late to register to vote [https://dmv.ny.gov/mydmv/mydmv] in time for the April 19 Presidential Primary Election, but you’ve got to act fast. Tomorrow/Friday, March 25 is the deadline to submit applications, which can be submitted

Announcements

#GetOutTheVote: Register Now To Vote In Time For The April 19 Primary

Photo by Fort Greene Focus.It’s not too late to register to vote [https://dmv.ny.gov/mydmv/mydmv] in time for the April 19 Presidential Primary Election, but you’ve got to act fast. Tomorrow/Friday, March 25 is the deadline to submit applications, which can be submitted

Board of Elections

Reminder: Primary Day Is Tomorrow, September 10

Photo by winmac [https://www.flickr.com/photos/winmac/92847877/]/FlickrHeads up, neighbors! Primary Day is tomorrow, September 10, and we’ve compiled some information to make exercising your right to vote as easy as possible. Remember, you are only eligible to vote tomorrow if you are a registered member

Board of Elections

Election Day Guide: Where To Vote, When To Vote & What To Do If You Have Trouble Voting

Tuesday, November 4 is Election Day, and we can all feel it in the air…that familiar lack of excitement we wish wasn’t there but can’t seem to shake. While our area has historically had some of the higher turnout rates [http://project.wnyc.org/non-voters/] in the

Assembly

Mark Lieberman Kicked Off The Ballot For Assemblywoman Rhoda Jacobs’ Seat

After formally tossing his hat into the ring [/blog/politics/mark-lieberman-announces-bid-for-assemblywoman-rhoda-jacobs-seat] for Assemblywoman Rhoda Jacobs’ seat [/blog/politics/well-wishes-from-colleagues-as-assemblywoman-rhoda-jacobs-announces-her-retirement] representing the 42nd District last month, Mark Lieberman has been kicked off the ballot after his petition signatures were challenged. Lieberman, a journalist and civic activist from Midwood Park [http://www.

absentee ballots

Going To Be Out Of Town On Election Day? Here’s The Info For Absentee Voting

The Flatbush Jewish Community Coalition (FJCC) sent this over today, and it’s good advice. We know we have a lot of readers who are temporarily out of the area, either displaced because of Sandy or for other reasons. That doesn’t mean you have to lose your chance to

Board of Elections

Make Music New York in the Nabe

Royce Bannon’s Sing for Hope Piano may be gone from its spot near Park Avenue, but its message will resonate throughout the nabe this weekend as Make Music New York brings the noise. (Photo by Philippe Theise)Make Music New York [http://makemusicny.org/], a city-wide music festival, brings

Board of Elections

Bloomberg Wants Board Of Elections To Bring Back Old Voting Machines

Blue387 via Wikimedia CommonsMayor Michael Bloomberg is joining the effort to junk the new digitized voting machines in favor of bringing back the older and supposedly more reliable lever machines. NY1 reports [http://www.ny1.com/content/politics/political_news/182146/mayor-urges-board-of-elections-to-bring-back-lever-machines-this-fall] that Bloomberg said during a press conference that

Board of Elections

Golden & Co. Want To Dust Off Old Voting Machines For Mayoral Election

Blue387 via Wikimedia CommonsThe future is here… but not everyone is impressed. Such is the sentiment that four state senators including Marty Golden expressed this week when it came to the prospect of rolling out those new digital scanning voting machines for the upcoming mayoral race. According to a report

Board of Elections

This Is Where You Vote

Tuesday is Election Day. To find out where you’re voting, check here [http://gis.nyc.gov/vote/ps/index.htm]. If you’ve been affected by Sandy (ie you’ve had to leave your home or can’t reach your designated polling place), you are allowed to vote at

ballots

Board Of Elections Votes To Increase Font Size On November Ballots Following Insistence From Local Pols

Council Members Jumaane Williams, Vincent Gentile Jumaane Williams and Letitia James. Source: The offices of Vincent GentileThe latest initiative from Council Members Jumaane Williams, Letitia James and Vincent Gentile is a victory for those with bad eyesight. Councilman Gentile called on the Board of Elections to correct a problem he