Governor Hochul signed a bill that would require the counting and canvassing of affidavit ballots cast by eligible voters who showed up at the wrong polling sites for whatever reason, so long as they're voting in the right county and Assembly district.
cast by eligible voters who showed up at the wrong polling sites for whatever reason, so long as they’re voting in the right county and Assembly district.Assembly Member Robert Carroll, the bill’s prime sponsor in Albany’s lower chamber, told amNewYork Metro that the legislation would address a common problem where people show up to the wrong polling place on Election Day and are given an affidavit ballot, instead of being directed to the correct site, by poll workers.
“That ballot, because they showed up at the wrong polling place and voted, even though they voted for – oftentimes – all the correct offices, that ballot would be invalidated,” Carroll said. “This bill says, as long as you show up in the right county, in the right Assembly district, so you’re somewhat in the right area, like you didn’t just show up somewhere completely out of the blue, your ballot will be cast and counted for all the offices that you were legally allowed to vote for.
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