New York's Mayor Responds as Brooklyn Voter Purge Doubles to 126,000
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio is demanding an explanation from the city’s Board of Elections after the purge of registered Democrats in Brooklyn has doubled from 63,000 to 126,000.
As US Uncut previously reported, Kings County, where Brooklyn is located, has seen a
7 percent dropin the number of registered Democratic voters between November 2015 and April 2016. But a
new investigation by WNYC has revealed that the New York City Board of Elections actually purged 126,000 voters in that time period — a 14 percent drop in 5 months. Now, Mayor de Blasio is demanding to know why there was such a precipitous drop in registered voters just before the primary.
“This number surprises me,” de Blasio told WNYC. “I admit that Brooklyn has had a lot of transient population – that’s obvious. Lot of people moving in, lot of people moving out. That might account for some of it. But I’m confused since so many people have moved in, that the number would move that much in the negative direction.”
Kings County was just
one of seven counties, out of a total of 63, where the number of registered Democrats fell, while registration increased in all other 56 counties. This is particularly odd, since Brooklyn — the home of Bernie Sanders, as well as the home of Hillary Clinton’s campaign headquarters — is a hotbed of political activity.
The New York City Board of Elections claims the number is explained by 12,000 voters moving out of the borough, 44,000 voters moved from “active” to “inactive” voter lists (by having not voted in four years or more), and 70,000 voters being taken off the “inactive” list. Michael Ryan, executive director of the city Board of Elections, said the reason Kings County has such a dramatic drop in the number of registered voters is due to election officials in Brooklyn being
six months to a year behindupdating voter rolls, due to elections.
“When there is an election event, work stops getting done,” Ryan told WNYC.
A New York voter has
launched a petition on MoveOn.org demanding the New York State Board of Elections investigate the voter purge. As of this writing, it has almost 10,000 signatures.
Not so sure about a win now. The Democrats went hard in trying to sneak a lot of registration flipping in, and no one caught a hint that it was going on until Arizona. Who knows what fukkery awaits today, and they did the most wrecking in Bernie home borough.
Who is this "us"? The crime bill was directed at criminals, the super predator comment was directed at gangs and other criminals, MOST blacks people don't fall into either of the categories, why can't you niccas comprehend that and stop trying to make it seem like all black people suffered from these laws. It was actually black people who pushed and asked for the 90's crime bill to clean up their communities.
to get it long dikk style?
The enthusiasm gap is way in his favor. Not saying he's going to wipe her, but I'm very sure he's gonna win, despite the voter suppression. No excuses anymore though. His supporters know what they're dealing with, and even lawsuits won't stop the initial votes from being tallied.
Socialism still has private industry for all of you fake ones out here. If they can't make money, and you're calling them evil, what makes them have to give some to you? Everyone's making concessions EXCEPT FOR the crybaby poor, who can't even be told to make better choices without more weeping. I will see to ensure carrying you is kept at a minimum. Evolve or perish.
