NY22: The role and requirements of election commissioners
Missing sticky notes. Hastily created spreadsheets. Mislaid ballots. State Supreme Court Justice Scott DelConte outlined a series of errors and violations of state election law in the 2020 election for New York’s 22nd Congressional District in a 21-page ruling Tuesday. Of the eight county boards of elections in the district, only Tioga County escaped the judge’s criticism. During sworn testimony on Nov. 23 and 24, the county boards of elections made election commissioners available to answer questions from DelConte or attorneys for the candidates, U.S. Rep. Anthony Brindisi and Republ...