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Luminous Animal

(27,310 posts)
Thu Apr 21, 2016, 07:27 PM Apr 2016

NYC board of elections official suspended following primary voting issues in Brooklyn

BROOKLYN, New York (WABC) --
A New York City board of elections official has been suspended after voting issues arose in Brooklyn during Tuesday's primary election.

The Board of Elections office released a statement Thursday evening, saying the Commissioners' Executive Committee of the Board of Elections voted to suspend Borough Office Chief Clerk Diane Haslett-Rudiano without pay. The suspension takes effect immediately and will continue pending an internal investigation.

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the biggest issue appeared to be that some eligible voters were removed from voter-registration rolls and some that had their party affiliation changed.

Other issues included polling sites not opening in time for voting, incorrect primary notifications being mailed out and training of the poll workers.


http://linkis.com/abc7ny.com/politics/aeO61
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NYC board of elections official suspended following primary voting issues in Brooklyn (Original Post) Luminous Animal Apr 2016 OP
!!! grasswire Apr 2016 #1
they'll make sure it don't happen in the general. Joob Apr 2016 #2
The Brooklyn votes annavictorious Apr 2016 #3
Your are not helping the OPs narrative ...prepare for ignore pkdu Apr 2016 #5
Do you have any concrete data to support your claim? Raster Apr 2016 #7
Please be kind to our newcomers. David has spent a lot of money. / FlatBaroque Apr 2016 #13
You're not exactly a long-termer yourself. Bobbie Jo Apr 2016 #22
I don't care if it doesn't change things. trudyco Apr 2016 #9
+1,000,000. I don't care if every single one of them is a Clinton vote. winter is coming Apr 2016 #16
Absolutely! Esperanza Apr 2016 #26
illinois was likely stolen too questionseverything Apr 2016 #4
I don't think you understand. Even if the problems in NY were solely against Sanders... randome Apr 2016 #8
You do not understand this is not about Sanders nadinbrzezinski Apr 2016 #15
i think it goes back farther than 2000 questionseverything Apr 2016 #29
Well 2000 was the point it was way too obvious nadinbrzezinski Apr 2016 #30
totally agree 2000 brought things out into the open questionseverything Apr 2016 #31
I know, these days I pretend to vote nadinbrzezinski Apr 2016 #32
the idea of self governance is such a beautiful dream questionseverything Apr 2016 #33
The first step in getting back to self government nadinbrzezinski Apr 2016 #34
there are very few documented cases of voter fraud that id would address questionseverything Apr 2016 #35
I know. But people usually scream voterID nadinbrzezinski Apr 2016 #36
I don't think you understand...this is NOT about Bernie...it is about democracy. Punkingal Apr 2016 #18
She's a peach, that one... LuvLoogie Apr 2016 #6
Scapegoat. Not enough time for an investigation. Downwinder Apr 2016 #10
I read that there were observers and pretty good evidence... I'll look for it. snowy owl Apr 2016 #14
It happened in other jurisdictions. Downwinder Apr 2016 #19
Thank you NY for at least investigating seriously. snowy owl Apr 2016 #11
Officially there is now quite a bit of smoke here nadinbrzezinski Apr 2016 #12
After the fact again! How typical. sadoldgirl Apr 2016 #17
I never get too excited by who they suspend. I want to know what they are going to do about it. pdsimdars Apr 2016 #20
Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe Apr 2016 #21
Wait wut?!! nt nc4bo Apr 2016 #23
"We know how to vote in.....Brooklyn" Bluenorthwest Apr 2016 #24
!!!!! riderinthestorm Apr 2016 #25
Odd. The liars around here all told me that the election problems were because voters are stupid. hellofromreddit Apr 2016 #27
If people stick with this, we're going to see a whole lot of ugly! polichick Apr 2016 #28
kick Segami Apr 2016 #37

Joob

(1,065 posts)
2. they'll make sure it don't happen in the general.
Thu Apr 21, 2016, 07:29 PM
Apr 2016

I..I think I'm being sarcastic. Actually, I'm not sure if I am.

 

annavictorious

(934 posts)
3. The Brooklyn votes
Thu Apr 21, 2016, 07:31 PM
Apr 2016

were likely Clinton votes. She won all five boroughs, and the purged voters were from low income housing projects, not Boreham Hill.

trudyco

(1,258 posts)
9. I don't care if it doesn't change things.
Thu Apr 21, 2016, 07:39 PM
Apr 2016

They have the right to vote. Their vote should be taken and theirs and all affidavit and all provisionals should be counted. Let them vote with absentee votes if needed. There is still time to rectify this. Also, what about the obvious forgeries?

They are treating this more like incompetence and it feels more nefarious than that. I feel like a token person is getting punished again. Then they will sweep everything under the rug. This isn't good enough.

Esperanza

(13 posts)
26. Absolutely!
Thu Apr 21, 2016, 08:51 PM
Apr 2016

People who don't think the people they disagree with should be allowed to vote don't believe in democracy at all. Why am I not surprised?

"Forget it, Jake; It's Chinatown." - NYC Board of Elections

 

randome

(34,845 posts)
8. I don't think you understand. Even if the problems in NY were solely against Sanders...
Thu Apr 21, 2016, 07:38 PM
Apr 2016

...he would still lose if all those votes were added. This is not a 'steal' until there is evidence to support it. Which is why there is an investigation. Although we've been told that de Blasio is part of the Establishment and can't be trusted.
[hr][font color="blue"][center]Treat your body like a machine. Your mind like a castle.[/center][/font][hr]

 

nadinbrzezinski

(154,021 posts)
15. You do not understand this is not about Sanders
Thu Apr 21, 2016, 07:50 PM
Apr 2016

but whatever (I crack me up) of democracy remains... and how legitimate elections are (not anymore, have not been since 2000)

questionseverything

(9,656 posts)
29. i think it goes back farther than 2000
Fri Apr 22, 2016, 11:32 AM
Apr 2016

electronic vote counting was introduced mid 60's which co incidences with the red shift the country has supposedly gone thru

richard charnin has written a couple books that prove it mathematically but just the evidence i see in life convinces me.....most the people i know are more and more liberal and yet according to the vote counts released, we collectively are more conservative

the link i posted, that r responded to is election integrity activists that have gathered evidence that the vote counts being reported in chicago are not accurate and are actively being covered up by the board of elections there

those activists need and deserve our support

it should not be up to WE THE PEOPLE to prove elections are fraudulent,just the fact that they are conducted in secret and that the "audits" are just for show should be enough

unless the average citizen can oversee every step of the election process, it is not a free or fair election

 

nadinbrzezinski

(154,021 posts)
30. Well 2000 was the point it was way too obvious
Fri Apr 22, 2016, 11:51 AM
Apr 2016

but neither party wants to really fix it. That tells me all I need to know.

questionseverything

(9,656 posts)
31. totally agree 2000 brought things out into the open
Fri Apr 22, 2016, 12:00 PM
Apr 2016

a few dems have tried

seigleman's election was stolen during the night

judge rawl in sc tried to fight it

even tho franken would never admit it, he did stick it out thru an 7 or 8 month recount

but yes the leaders of the dem party seem to be in cohoots...to me that is why we must change our leaders

 

nadinbrzezinski

(154,021 posts)
32. I know, these days I pretend to vote
Fri Apr 22, 2016, 12:04 PM
Apr 2016

in pretend elections and pretend to care. I admit, not falling in love with politicians is liberating and accepting the fascism is kind of great.

questionseverything

(9,656 posts)
33. the idea of self governance is such a beautiful dream
Fri Apr 22, 2016, 12:16 PM
Apr 2016

i can not give it up with out at least letting others know

we didn't actually pick these "pols" that supposedly represent us, the 1%ers that own and control the machines and the reporting sites did

as disappointed as i have been with some of obama's choices...he was smart enough to beat the system so there is hope that we collectively can "beat" it too

 

nadinbrzezinski

(154,021 posts)
34. The first step in getting back to self government
Fri Apr 22, 2016, 12:29 PM
Apr 2016

and democracy is admitting there is a problem, We are few. So I have taken the perverse attitude we had in Mexico when I was growing up.

And the damn pols here do not really go all the way and get us a beer and a burger... down there it was (for real) a coke and a torta I am not kidding.

When people talk about voter IDs as a solution to this, they do have a place. But only if done like it was done in Mexico. They are completely and absolutely free, they are tamper proof, you can get them at modules almost anywhere in the country, and there is pretty much no fuss or muss, as much as you deal with red tape in getting them. And if you lack birth certificates, the state will help you get one...for that purpose alone. There are other issues right now with official papers that make our red tape look transparent due to changes in law. That solved some of the double and tripple voting (for cokes and tortas) that were actually a documented problem by the UN.

So when people raise that one, I point to that system, It also made the Federal Electoral Commission get some teeth. Ours has none. For some reason fans of voter IDs don't like it done THAT WAY.

What we need is actually UN observers... and we might get them, after people continue to get pissed and continue to take to the streets.

This year I expect a hot summer. And I am not alone.

questionseverything

(9,656 posts)
35. there are very few documented cases of voter fraud that id would address
Fri Apr 22, 2016, 12:43 PM
Apr 2016

but with the push of a few buttons thousands can be disenfranchised or votes can be changed by an insider or the best hacker

illinois requires id the first time you vote if you registered on line but they take many, many forms of id from utility bills to student ids

the real problem is the hidden vote counting in the blackboxes and the reporting of votes by "mirror" websites like we saw in ohio in 2004

lots of people have called for un observers but they can not see inside the boxes anymore than we can...i am stubborn enough i want Americans to fix this by counting ourselves (or overseeing the count as the illinois ballot integrity group is trying to do)

 

nadinbrzezinski

(154,021 posts)
36. I know. But people usually scream voterID
Fri Apr 22, 2016, 01:06 PM
Apr 2016

When you bring this up. So I always counter with that one. Usually people walk away at that point. Meaning, they want it to be difficult to obtain. A federally issued one which is free addresses the issue perfectly well, but doesn't do what is truly wanted...suppress the vote


And we still need desperately UN observers

snowy owl

(2,145 posts)
11. Thank you NY for at least investigating seriously.
Thu Apr 21, 2016, 07:48 PM
Apr 2016

Sometimes I lose confidence in the people monitoring the system.

 

nadinbrzezinski

(154,021 posts)
12. Officially there is now quite a bit of smoke here
Thu Apr 21, 2016, 07:49 PM
Apr 2016

so there has to be a fire somewhere.

I expect the usual suspects to continue to make fun of this. It is not funny.

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