#Socialists in denial: Goodwin

#Socialists in denial: Goodwin

“#Socialists in denial: Goodwin” For socialists and their fellow travelers everywhere, it’s turning out to be a bummer of a summer. It’s almost bad enough to make you feel sorry for Sen. Bernie Sanders.  Almost. Sanders, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and their anti-American ilk are stuck defending economic authoritarianism abroad while its victims are pleading for…

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#NYC elections officials seek state, federal probes into suspected ballot-harvesting

#NYC elections officials seek state, federal probes into suspected ballot-harvesting

“#NYC elections officials seek state, federal probes into suspected ballot-harvesting” The city’s Board of Elections has asked the US Department of Justice and the state Attorney General’s office to investigate whether a candidate for a City Council seat on Staten Island ran an illegal ballot-harvesting and forgery operation in last month’s primary – including registering…

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#It’s well-off whites who back far-left

#It’s well-off whites who back far-left

“#It’s well-off whites who back far-left” New York City’s notoriously incompetent election officials have not finished tabulating the votes in the June 22 Democratic primary, with its novel ranked-choice-voting system. But the first choices of voters — minus some 124,000 absentees — nevertheless reveal some important things about the differences between different segments of the…

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#Letters to the Editor — July 1, 2021

#Letters to the Editor — July 1, 2021

“#Letters to the Editor — July 1, 2021” The Issue: The Board of Election’s admission that it miscounted votes in the Democratic mayoral primary. What a surprise that the Board of Elections in New York City has botched the mayoral primary (“Mayor race mayhem,” June 30. Wasn’t it so much simpler when on Election Day,…

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#Fix the NYC Board of Elections or face endless mayhem

#Fix the NYC Board of Elections or face endless mayhem

“#Fix the NYC Board of Elections or face endless mayhem” Here’s the silver lining in the latest grand screwup by the city’s Board of Elections: By inadvertently including 135,000 test ballots in Tuesday’s preliminary report on results of the June 22 Democratic primary, the BOE all but ensured it won’t make that same mistake in…

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#BOE botched NYC mayoral primary results by including ‘test’ run

#BOE botched NYC mayoral primary results by including ‘test’ run

“#BOE botched NYC mayoral primary results by including ‘test’ run” The too-close-to-call Democratic primary race that will likely decide New York’s next mayor was thrown into disarray after election officials admitted they accidentally included “test” results in the vote count, resulting in 135,000 extra ballots. The botching of the city’s first ranked-choice election was first flagged…

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#New York’s Board of Elections is a travesty

#New York’s Board of Elections is a travesty

“#New York’s Board of Elections is a travesty” New York’s Board of Elections keeps finding new definitions of the word “fail.” The group that bought voting machines that didn’t work when it was too humid, that couldn’t keep track of its own technology, that disqualified more than 80,000 mail-in ballots in the 2020 primaries, admitted…

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#What you will know on primary night

#What you will know on primary night

“#What you will know on primary night” New Yorkers across the five boroughs will head to the polls Tuesday to cast their ballots in the pivotal Democratic primary elections to select the party’s nominees for mayor, comptroller, the City Council and other key posts. It’s the first citywide election to utilize the Big Apple’s new…

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