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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

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 [https://www.gothamgazette.com/city/8696-charter-revision-commission-final-approval-19-proposals-5-questions-november-ballot] , including one that, if approved, would alter how the

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 [https://web.enrboenyc.us/CD226450.html] as of early Wednesday morning, Cohen [/meet-the-6th-municipal-district-candidates-caroline-cohen/] won the 6th Municipal District Civil Court judge race, decisively

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

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 [https://data.cityofnewyork.us/City-Government/Municipal-Court-Districts/7vpq-4bh4] —which includes Park Slope, Crown Heights, Kensington, Flatbush, Midwood, Prospect Heights, Prospect Lefferts Gardens, Prospect Park South,

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

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 [https://nyc.pollsitelocator.com/search]

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’

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 [http://www.nyccfb.

Which Candidates Made It To The Official Ballot For The Primaries

Brooklyn district map. Photo: ufoa.org [http://www.ufoa.org/statistics/statistics.php?boroughindex=0]City 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