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Government Corruption

No Republican ballots available at Bronx polling site

2022-06-29

Why bother? It’s not as though anyone will dare want one.

[NYPOST] A Bronx election site didn’t have Republican ballots for New York’s primary race for hours Tuesday morning as thousands headed to the polls to cast their vote for governor, The Post has learned.

One voter, Ed Gavin, 62, arrived at the polling site in Spuyten Duyvil around 8:15 a.m. to cast his vote for GOP gubernatorial candidate Rob Astorino but after checking in with a poll worker, he was handed a Democrat ballot instead, he said.

"My party never came up, my political preferences were never discussed ... I opened the sleeve and I saw the names of Tom Suozzi, Kathy Hochul and Jumaane Williams. These were all Democrats for governor," Gavin, a retired Department of Correction assistant deputy warden, told The Post.

"I flipped it over because I thought maybe the Republicans were on the back but there were no Republicans."

Gavin was incredulous and went back to the poll worker to inform them he’d been given the wrong ballot.

"They told me ’we don’t have any Republican ballots,’" Gavin recalled.

"I said to the gentleman, ’that is very concerning.’"

The Post later visited the polling site and confirmed with a worker that Republican ballots were unavailable to voters earlier in the morning.

"We couldn’t find the ballots earlier but we have them now," the worker said.

"This is the most important gubernatorial election of my lifetime because crime is on the ballot, bail reform is on the ballot, criminal justice is on the ballot," said Gavin.

"[Former Gov. Andrew] Cuomo essentially ruined this state ... with the state of the city right now, we need a Republican in power."

Posted by:Fred

#5 They do care; they want the one they can campaign against easiest.

Posted by: Glenmore 2022-06-29 16:59

#4 "nervous"
It's a primary. I'm not sure the Democrats care which candidate the Republicans pick.

Posted by: James 2022-06-29 15:13

#3 They are clearly nervous enough to go to this extreme.

Posted by: M. Murcek 2022-06-29 10:01

#2 Not at all. I mentioned a few days ago that the recent NYC court ruling (about noncitizens voting) wouldn't make a bit of difference in deep blue areas. This is only one reason why; add in mail-in voting, the usual Dem ballot stuffing, throw in Dominion voting machines, and there you have it - permanent Dem victories in NYC.

Posted by: Raj 2022-06-29 09:58

#1 Curious, isn't it?

Posted by: Frank G 2022-06-29 07:39

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