Surprisingly, while there are numerous threads touching on specific elections in a given year it appears there is no thread that covers election fraud/disenfranchisement/irregularities as a general topic.
Given the recent shenanigans in NY it may be a good time to start one.
Interesting how certain token/self-identified 'liberals' are ingesting/reacting to this news. A non-Republican, non-orange-haired candidate claiming the voting process is flawed, after so much energy was dedicated towards promoting the sanctity of our democratic process.
Of course this now opens the door for Trump and his fanbase to chime in and further widen the divide between each misinformed/conditioned faction.
Anyway, there's plenty of newsfeeds to choose from. I'll start with Yahoo News, extracted from the Washington Examiner. Generic, standard establishment news source.
https://sports.yahoo.com/amphtml/eric-a ... 00163.html
Eric Adams asks judge to review ballots after ranked-choice snafu in NYC primary
Eric Adams filed a lawsuit asking a judge to review the ballots in the New York City Democratic mayoral primary one day after the city’s board of elections acknowledged releasing erroneous preliminary results from its new ranked-choice voting system.
“Today we petitioned the court to preserve our right to a fair election process and to have a judge oversee and review ballots, if necessary,” the Adams campaign said in a statement. “We invite the other campaigns to join us and petition the court as we all seek a clear and trusted conclusion to this election.”
The lawsuit, filed in Kings County Supreme Court, comes in response to inaccurate results released Tuesday showing mayoral candidate Kathryn Garcia coming within 2.2 percentage points of Adams, whose tallies showed a significant lead since election night.
Shortly after numbers were released, reporters and campaign staffers raised their eyebrows at the updated results. According to the update, roughly 135,000 more votes were counted than on election night on June 22.
Three hours later, the Board of Elections took down the numbers and released a statement explaining the discrepancy.
“The Board apologizes for the error and has taken immediate measures to ensure the most accurate up to date results are reported,” the board said in a statement.
The error sparked criticism from both sides of the aisle, particularly from those who oppose ranked-choice voting.
“Today’s mistake by the Board of Elections was unfortunate,” Adams said in a statement Tuesday night. “It is critical that New Yorkers are confident in their electoral system, especially as we rank votes in a citywide election for the first time.”
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