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Photo: Zainab Iqbal/BklynerThousands of absentee ballots in Brooklyn and across the city are likely to be invalidated by the city’s Board of Elections, after many were not marked with a cancellation notice, or postmark, at post offices in the city. The number of voters whose votes will not
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By Claudia Irizarry Aponte, originally published [https://www.thecity.nyc/2020/7/7/21316921/absentee-ballot-challenges-nyc-primary-2020] in THE CITY [https://www.thecity.nyc/] Rep. Yvette Clarke is latest among legions suing to establish the right to challenge opponents’ votes in a pile of 380,000 mailed in citywide amid New York’
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The results trickling in from the city Board of Elections for Tuesday’s primary election show many races too close to call. We are unlikely to know the final results for a while, possibly weeks, because of the abnormally high number of absentee voters this year due to coronavirus. This
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Many New Yorkers opted to vote in-person on Tuesday after requesting but not receiving their absentee ballot. Scores of others who did receive absentee ballots decided to vote in-person anyway, whether out of fear over not getting their vote counted, solidarity with ancestors who fought for the right to vote,
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BROOKLYN – Primary elections are today! Like we wrote yesterday, [/dont-forget-to-vote-on-tuesday-heres-how/] the Primary is the election that truly matters, particularly in this borough. Primaries are also notorious for low turnout, and this year matters are further complicated by the current pandemic restrictions and the fact that many of those who requested
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Photo: Zainab Iqbal/BklynerBROOKLYN – Primary elections are tomorrow, and in Brooklyn, Primary is the election that matters [/in-brooklyn-june-primary-is-the-election-day/]! Why? In a heavily Democratic county, the November election just rubber stamps the primary election’s selections as residents tend to vote down the line for Democrats. On the ballots this year,
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Screenshot of AD51 Democratic primary debate on June 17, 2020Assemblymember Felix Ortiz, fighting to retain his seat against three major challengers in the Democratic Primary, said at a debate on Wednesday [https://www.facebook.com/uproseBk/videos/1377459162444308/] that his opponents were “trying to put their knees on my neck,
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Democratic Socialist candidates for state legislature in Brooklyn are counting on a new, more personalized, but unproven, form of voter engagement, known as “friendbanking,” to turn out votes in their districts and win them seats in Albany in the June 23 primary. Candidates affiliated with the Democratic Socialists of America’
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A protester wears a “vote” mask in Foley Square, June 2, 2020. Ben Fractenberg/THE CITYChristine Chung, originally published in THE CITY [https://www.thecity.nyc/coronavirus/2020/6/11/21288841/nyc-voters-wait-for-absentee-ballots-from-backlogged-board-of-elections] As the end of May neared, nearly a quarter million New York City voters had requested absentee ballots
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Councilmember Chaim Deutsch (D-Brooklyn) chairs a hearing on veterans, Sept. 17, 2019. William Alatriste/New York City CouncilBy Clifford Michel, originally published in THE CITY [https://www.thecity.nyc/brooklyn/2020/6/9/21285995/chaim-deutsch-scorches-earth-in-stealth-campaign-to-topple-rep-yvette-clarke] The Brooklyn City Council member circulates apocalyptic video blaming current leaders for New York’s
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Brooklyn Protest – George Floyd – on May 29. By Adrian Childress/BklynerBROOKLYN – The race for Congressional District 9 that represents Brooklyn from Park Slope through Crown Heights, Flatbush to Midwood and Sheepshead Bay is underway, with democratic primaries on June 23. There are five candidates looking to represent Congressional District 9,
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Lutchi Gayot is running for Congress in NY9 District. Liena Zagare/BklynerBy Lutchi Gayot [https://www.teamgayot.com/], candidate for Congress in NY9 Congressional District. Affordable and low-income housing in New York City is the elephant in the room that politicians love to talk about but can never seem to