Absentee Ballots
Today is National Register Vote Day. If you’re not registered, make sure you go to the Monroe County board of elections website all the information you need to know. Absentee ballots for the November 8th General Election are tentatively scheduled to be mailed out starting September 23rd, to voters with a current request application on […]
Yesterday, Governor Kathy Hochul signed legislation that allows voting by absentee ballot due to the COVID-19 pandemic through 2022. Hochul’s signature is in continuation of a law put into place in July 2020, to allow New Yorkers to request an absentee ballot during the pandemic where there is a risk of contracting or spreading disease […]
It seems as though the election was weeks ago, however, those absentee ballots are still being accounted for. Monroe County Democratic Committee Chairman Zach King has recently spoken out on the importance of the absentee ballot count following the 2021 election. According to the Monroe County Democratic Committee, some races still have to be decided […]
The most absentee ballots in Monroe County history – 100,000 – have been submitted. Jackie Ortiz, the Democratic commissioner at the Monroe County Board of Elections says, more than any other time in history, absentee ballots will play a major role in deciding races. Her staff has been preparing for months to make sure votes […]
Well, this is very not good. A Rochester-based printing company is at fault for misprinting absentee ballots. According to NPR, there were about 100,000 absentee ballots sent to the wrong people. Voters in Brooklyn, N.Y. were not only sent ballots with the wrong name they were also mailed to the wrong address. Pheonix Graphics were […]
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