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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

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Ranked-Choice Voting More ‘Democratic’ Than Current System, Progressive Brooklyn Groups Says

A New Kings Democrats monthly meeting in 2018 (Photo Courtesy of New Kings Democrats President Brandon West)In November voters will have the opportunity to weigh in on 19 proposed changes to the city charter, including one that, if approved, would alter how the city’s officials are elected. The

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Judicial Election Results: Cohen, Neckles and Lopez Torres Win

Caroline CohenBROOKLYN—In Tuesday’s judicial elections, Caroline Cohen, Margarita Lopez Torres and Bernadette Neckles came out on top. With 99 percent of the ballot scanners reported as of early Wednesday morning, Cohen won the 6th Municipal District Civil Court judge race, decisively beating her four opponents by earning 43

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Louis Keeps District 45 Council Seat

Monique Chandler-Waterman (left) and Farah Louis. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/Bklyner)EAST FLATBUSH—City Council Member Farah Louis has held on to her seat. In a near replay of the May special election, Louis on Tuesday beat her main opponent, Monique Chandler-Waterman, by about 700 votes— a smaller margin of victory

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Meet the 6th Municipal District Candidates For Civil Court Judge: Alice Nicholson

Sixth Municipal District Candidate Alice Nicholson sitting in her office (Image by Sam Raskin/ Bklyner)The Civil Court Judge Democratic primary election the 6th Municipal District—which includes Park Slope, Crown Heights, Kensington, Flatbush, Midwood, Prospect Heights, Prospect Lefferts Gardens, Prospect Park South, and Ditmas Park—is on June 25.

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Don’t Forget To Vote In The Primaries Today!

Photo: Zainab Iqbal/BklynerMIDWOOD – Primary Polls are definitely busier than they were in June this morning. At 9:30 a.m., I was one of three voters in the room– number 25 in my polling station at Brookdale Senior Citizen Center of Agudath Israel. A poll worker told me, “Not

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Remember To Vote In Primaries Tomorrow!

Election time is here! NYC Primaries will be held tomorrow, Thursday, September 13. Doors will be open from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. If you are registered and eligible to vote, please do! Find out where your polling site is with this locator.Know your rights! You are

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Cynthia Nixon, Jumaane Williams Endorse Each Other

Photo: Zainab Iqbal/BklynerPROSPECT LEFFERTS GARDEN – Cynthia Nixon endorsed Council Member Jumaane Williams for Lieutenant Governor and Williams endorsed Nixon for the next Governor of New York yesterday. “Cynthia is the leader we need right now,” Williams said. “She’s been a fighter and I have been a fighter. That’

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Don’t Forget To Vote: New York City’s Primary Elections Are Tomorrow

Photo by BKLYNERTuesday, September 12 is New York City’s Primary Elections. Polls will be open from 6am to 9pm. Our coverage area has variation depending on exactly where you live. To get detailed information based on your exact address, visit New York City Campaign Finance Board and enter your

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Which Candidates Made It To The Official Ballot For The Primaries

Brooklyn district map. Photo: ufoa.orgCity Council elections are on November 7, 2017, but primaries are in three weeks –September 12, 2017, and candidates are trying to rack up as much support as they can. Here is who will be on the primary ballot, and why primaries are so important

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Meet Your Candidate: Mawuli Hormeku For East New York’s District 42

Photo via Nehemiah Economic Development Inc.“To have our own community we must own our community,” Mawuli K. Hormeku The race for City Council has begun. With city elections approaching in September, candidates from all 15 Brooklyn districts are trying to appeal to fellow Brooklynites. We got a chance

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Ditmas Park Supports Former Dem Candidates Over Hillary Clinton, Donation Stats Show

Graph via RenthopWith just 19 days to go before the election, New York-based data-driven real estate startup RentHop has mapped out Brooklyn’s share of donors for presidential nominees Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton by zip code, and found that Ditmas Park stands with her — but only in a race

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Scathing Op-Ed In Daily News About Candidate On The Ballot Today

Photo via avigdorforjudge.comThe Daily News wrote a scathing editorial yesterday about a southwest Brooklyn lawyer who is running for civil court today. Morton Avigdor was described as “morally vacant,” and backed by the “incorrigible Brooklyn Democratic machine.” Late last month, the Daily reported that Avigdor failed to give back

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Scathing Op-Ed In Daily News About Candidate On The Ballot Today

Photo via avigdorforjudge.comThe Daily News wrote a scathing editorial yesterday about a southwest Brooklyn lawyer who is running for civil court today. Morton Avigdor was described as “morally vacant,” and backed by the “incorrigible Brooklyn Democratic machine.” Late last month, the Daily reported that Avigdor failed to give back

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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 exactly where you live. To get detailed information based on your exact address, visit Voter’s Edge New York and enter your address.

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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 exactly where you live. To get detailed information based on your exact address, visit Voter’s Edge New York and enter your address.

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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 and enter your address. Here

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Here’s Who May Be Running For Gentile‘s City Council Seat

The race to succeed term-limited City Councilman Vincent Gentile — who has represented the 43rd District for more than 13 years — is starting to heat up. No campaign accounts have been set up yet, and the elections won’t be underway for more than a year (November 2017), but here is

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City Launches Voter Registration Forms In Five New Languages

City announces voter registration forms in five new languages at Homecrest Library. (Courtesy: Mayor Bill de Blasio’s Office)By Elizabeth Elizalde Just in time for election day. Voter registration forms in five new languages — Russian, Urdu, Haitian Creole, French and Arabic — are available under the City’s effort to

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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 (BOE). The BOE announced at a meeting on June 7 that the voters in question have been

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Cucco To Challenge Harris For 46th Assembly District

Kate Cucco. (Photo: Kate Cucco / Facebook)Bay Ridge community activist Kate Cucco, the chief of staff for former Assemblyman Alec Brook-Krasny, announced her candidacy this week to represent the 46th Assembly District, Kings County Politics reports. Cucco’s announcement sets up a showdown in the upcoming Democratic Primary with Assemblywoman

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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 revealed during New York’s presidential primary — has no intention of ending her campaign for committeewoman

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Pamela Harris Wins 46th District Assembly Seat

Courtesy of Pam Harris/FacebookDemocrat Pamela Harris successfully defeated GOP candidate Lucretia Regina-Potter in the special election to fill the assembly seat left vacant by Alec Brook-Krasny, winning 63 percent of the vote, according to preliminary Board of Elections numbers. Harris, a former corrections officer and longtime Coney Island community

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

(Photo: John Morton / Flickr)Tuesday, November 3, is New York’s General Elections. Polls open from 6am – 9pm and here’s what you need to know. In our area, the elections are primarily for local judges, including Judge of the Civil Court – Kings County and Justice of the Supreme Court

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Donovan Wins Congressional Seat In Special Election

Photo by Dan Donovan for CongressThe numbers are in. Staten Island District Attorney Daniel Donovan sailed to victory over opponent Councilman Vincent Gentile in last night’s special election. Republican Donovan took 60 percent of the vote while Gentile, the Democratic candidate, won just 39 percent, according to preliminary results.