Want to overhaul the NYC Board of Elections? That could take years. (New York: organic)

[Aeran]

Sigh.

https://www.ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs...sts_po-organic

While this week’s vote counting snafu at the New York City Board of Elections has been attributed to unintentional human error, this may have been the last straw for the scandal-plagued agency.

A major counting error of ranked-choice votes in the mayor’s race has renewed calls to overhaul the city’s Board of Elections

While structural change requires a constitutional amendment that is years away, a bill to professionalize the board already exists in Albany

The state Senate has agreed to hold hearings on how to make changes to the board

[Aeran]

https://www.ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs...sts_po-organic

‘Cronyism is truly rampant’: Voters, poll workers demand reform of city Board of Elections at hearing

The State Senate Elections Committee is hosting several public hearings on how to reform election administration across the state

One hot topic in Brooklyn was reform at the city Board of Elections

Many voters called for the board to become nonpartisan

The board is currently controlled by Democrats and Republicans equally

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Of course it's going to take years! Reform never happens quickly. It'd probably go badly if it did.