- During the month of the April, during the Presidential Primary, the Board moved its operations to an existing government building to save over $300,000 yearly in rent charges.
- During the 2010 election, over 200 military & overseas ballots were not counted even though they were mailed in time under the Move Act. These ballots were from 33 counties. The Board will research and produce a report classifying the reasons and remedies.
- During the 2010 election, an optical scanner in the Bronx counted a very high number of overvotes. After tests with the manufacture, it was determined, after awhile the machine overheated and lost its calibration. They are working on a fix.
- Campaign finance forms have been traditionally late. So far this year, Campaigns and Candidates have been sued over 500 times.
- The HAVA law required a state to use HAVA money for an Arbitration Board. New York contracted for a $10,000 - $15,000 annual contract for this service, so voters had a place to go to complain about voting rights, if they did not get satisfaction with the Board of Elections. In the four years of the contract is had not been used.
Today, the highest court in New York approved the new Republican 63rd State Senate District ceated by the new redistricting maps. The State Senate Democrats brought the case claiming the Republicans used unconstitutional calculations in creating the new district. I would have used a different reason. The calculations indicated a growth in the Albany area, but put the new district in an area that did not have the growth. It was a political move to help the Republicans maintain their Senate majority.
NYC Wins When Everyone Can Vote!
Michael H. Drucker
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