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Election 2020

Photo Essay: Brooklynites Explain What They Think Is Most Important In The 2020 Election

BROOKLYN – With so many things on the line with this election, we wanted to know what the most important issue is for voters in Brooklyn and why. Here is what they said. Waldina Benedith, 50s, lives in Brooklyn. Cai Pigliucci/Bklyner“I voted early to avoid the drama,” she said.

Announcements

Election 2020: No Lines, Some Broken Scanners

BROOKLYN – It’s the day of the 2020 election. There is a lot at stake and over 100 million Americans have already voted. [https://electproject.github.io/Early-Vote-2020G/index.html] There were lines early this morning when the polls were opened at 6 a.m., but poll sites are empty

Central Brooklyn

Here’s What You Need to Know About Tomorrow’s General Election

New York City — The city is holding general elections for city civil court, supreme court, and the District 45 city council seat tomorrow, on November 5, 2019. On the ballot are also proposed revisions to the New York City Charter, legislation proposals built on public meetings and hearings throughout the

Crown Heights

Ex-Felons Have Voting Rights: Activists, Politicians Spread the Message at Brooklyn Forum

Members of the nonprofit organization Gangstas Making Astronomical Community Changes Inc. (G.-M.A.C.C.) Nigel Roberts/Bklyner.CROWN HEIGHTS — With another Election Day on the horizon, one of the founding members of the East Coast Bloods gang is on a mission to educate ex-felons, like himself, that they

Big Story

Borough President, Local Pols Call For Investigation, Reforms Following Voting Delays

After an election day marred by long lines [/sloppy-start-on-election-day/], malfunctioning ballot scanners [/ballot-scanners-down-throughout-brooklyn/] and confused poll workers [/opinion-we-need-better-trained-poll-workers/], Brooklyn politicians have set their sights on serious election reform. This morning, Borough President Eric Adams took to the steps of the Brooklyn Board of Elections (BOE) building downtown to call for

News

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

Photo via Theresa Thompson / flickr [https://www.flickr.com/photos/theresasthompson/with/2999130055/]Tuesday, November 8 is New York’s General Elections. Polls will be open from 6am – 9pm. Before you sweat it out on the couch on in your watering hole on Tuesday night, make sure you exercise your

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

Photo by Fort Greene Focus.Besides the obvious two choices that voters will have to pick on Tuesday, November 8, there is a number of important local races that should not be ignored. We’ve compiled a list of candidates that folks in our area will decide between and the

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Want To Vote In The 2017 Mayoral Primary? Voters Must Register Party Affiliation By FRIDAY

Photo by Fort Greene Focus.Sometimes a primary is almost as important as a general election. Just think of the presidential primaries this spring. Registered voters who wish to participate in the 2017 NYC mayoral primary must have their correct party affiliation registered by tomorrow — Friday, October 14th. Don’t

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Want To Vote In The 2017 Mayoral Primary? Voters Must Register Party Affiliation By TOMORROW

Photo by Fort Greene Focus.Are you a registered voter? Do you want to vote in the 2017 mayoral primary elections — either Democratic or Republican? According to the NYC Campaign Finance Board, only 72 percent of eligible voters in Sheepshead Bay, Marine Park, Gerritsen Beach, Bergen Beach, Mill Basin, and

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Want To Vote In The 2017 Mayoral Primary? Voters Must Register Party Affiliation By FRIDAY

Photo by Fort Greene Focus.Sometimes a primary is almost as important as a general election. Just think of the presidential primaries this spring. Registered voters who wish to participate in the 2017 NYC mayoral primary must have their correct party affiliation registered by tomorrow — Friday, October 14th. Don’t

News

RESULTS: Here’s A Breakdown Of Your Local Primary Results

Photo via e.ann.s [https://www.instagram.com/p/BKUMkEzB0rrGRKm9BYJDdzW0BaGEqwm8IwBXfs0/?tagged=ivoted&hl=en] The election results are in for the primary elections which took place on Tuesday, September 13. The next time to vote will be the November 8 general elections. Here are all of your local election

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Here’s A Breakdown Of Your Local Primary Results

Photo via e.ann.s [https://www.instagram.com/p/BKUMkEzB0rrGRKm9BYJDdzW0BaGEqwm8IwBXfs0/?tagged=ivoted&hl=en] The election results are in for the primary elections which took place on Tuesday, September 13 [/blog/politics/new-yorks-primary-elections-are-tomorrow-heres-what-you-need-to-know/] . All races in our immediate neighborhood involved Democratic candidates. Republicans in our area are running uncontested,

Central Brooklyn

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

Photo via avigdorforjudge.com [http://avigdorforjudge.com/]The Daily News wrote a scathing editorial [http://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/judge-dread-article-1.2786150] 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

Central Brooklyn

District Leader Josue Pierre Talks Civic Engagement, Empathy & Fixing District 42’s Toughest Issues

(Photo courtesy Josue Pierre)To prepare for tomorrow’s primary election, DPC talked with the incumbent Democratic State Committeeman (aka Male District Leader) Josue (aka Josh) Pierre [https://www.facebook.com/josue.pierre.18?fref=ts] of the 42nd Assembly District [https://ballotpedia.org/New_York_State_Assembly_District_42]

News

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 [http://votersedge.nyccfb.info/

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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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Deadline To Register For New York State & Local Primary Is This Week

The New York State Board of Elections [http://www.elections.ny.gov/] wants to remind all New Yorkers that the registration deadline to vote in the primary election on September 13, is this week. You’ve heard from some of the candidates we talked to, including Michael Cox [/blog/politics/

News

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

Bensonhurst

Voter Registration Forms Now Available In Five More Languages

City announces voter registration forms in five new languages at Homecrest Library in Brooklyn. (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

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Get Out The Vote! Polls Sluggish At Sunset Park Congressional Primary

Sunset Park High School voting location. (Photo by Sean Egan)Voting locations in Sunset Park were staggeringly short of actual voters today. I visited four different poll places all Tuesday morning to speak with voters and poll workers about how the voting process is going in the 7th Congressional District

Central Brooklyn

Elected Officials Push For French Creole And Russian Interpreters At Polling Sites

Photo by Fort Greene Focus.Local elected officials have rallied around efforts to add French Creole and Russian interpreters and translations at polling stations. Following the presidential primary debacle, in which more than 125,000 Brooklyn Democrats [http://www.sheepsheadbites.com/2016/04/brighton-beach-among-handful-brooklyn-nabes-voted-sanders/] were dropped from voter rolls, Mayor

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Elected Officials Push For Russian And French Creole Interpreters At Polling Sites

Photo by Fort Greene Focus.Local elected officials have rallied around efforts to add Russian and French Creole interpreters and translations at polling stations. Following the presidential primary debacle, in which more than 125,000 Brooklyn Democrats [/brighton-beach-among-handful-brooklyn-nabes-voted-sanders/] were dropped from voter rolls, Mayor Bill de Blasio has offered the

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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

Bensonhurst

125,000 Brooklynites Purged From Voter Rolls & More Primary Problems

Affidavit ballot. (Photo: John Morton [https://www.flickr.com/photos/morton/3002941350/in/photolist-5zmRQS] / Flickr) Tuesday’s primaries have raised more questions than answers for Brooklynites. New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has opened an investigation [http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/21/nyregion/new-york-attorney-general-opens-inquiry-into-primary-day-complaints.html] and New York City

Central Brooklyn

Brooklynites Purged From The Voting Rolls Have Questions

Affidavit ballot. (Photo: John Morton [https://www.flickr.com/photos/morton/3002941350/in/photolist-5zmRQS] / Flickr) Tuesday’s primaries have raised more questions than answers for Brooklynites. New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has opened an investigation [http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/21/nyregion/new-york-attorney-general-opens-inquiry-into-primary-day-complaints.html] and New York City