#Mayor de Blasio says NYC Board of Elections ‘must do better’ with mail-in votes
“#Mayor de Blasio says NYC Board of Elections ‘must do better’ with mail-in votes”
August 4, 2020 | 11:53am
Hizzoner weighed in one day after a federal judge ruled that elections officials must count the thousands of mail-in ballots previously deemed invalid due to circumstances beyond the control of voters.
“The Board of Elections can do better and must do better,” de Blasio told reporters in his daily press briefing.
The mayor said that he has long had “deep concerns” about the structure of the BOE, which is made up of 10 commissioners — two from each borough recommended by political party leaders, and then approved by the City Council.
“I think we need to move to a different approach, create a modern management-focused agency to do this work better in the future,” said de Blasio.
Nevertheless, de Blasio said that he believed the BOE as structured could shore up mail-in balloting in time for November.
“I am certain they can learn from this and be prepared for the general election,” he said. “Three moths is a long time.
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“There are whole states in this country that do everything with mail-in [voting] and it works perfectly well.”
With the coronavirus still raging, there has been a greater push for snail-bail balloting in 2020 races.
But the early results, at least in New York City, have hardly inspired confidence.
In one tightly-contested primary alone — the battle between Rep. Carolyn Maloney and challenger Suraj Patel for the 12th congressional district — over 12,000 mail-in ballots were initially deemed invalid, by the count of Patel’s campaign.
Issues included a lack of postmarks and the ballots arriving past the deadline — because the BOE, in some cases, only mailed them out on Election Day.
Patel was among the candidates who brought the suit that resulted in Monday’s ruling.
President Trump on Monday called for the race to be run again, even as BOE officials said that Maloney was expected to be certified the victor on Tuesday.
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