74 voters in West Haverstraw did not vote for village races
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- November
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A machine glitch at a West Haverstraw polling site appears to be much bigger than the Republican Board of Elections commissioner explained to a reporter.
Commissioner Joan Silvestri said this afternoon that a voting machine for the West Haverstraw’s District 3 did not have names of village candidates when the poling site opened at 6 a.m. this morning. An election inspector became aware of the situation and reported to the county Board of Elections at about 6:15 a.m., Silvestri said.
Democratic Incumbent Mark Loblanco and David Barbera, a former superintendent of the Public Works Department, are running for a trustee seat with unexpired three-year term. Village Justice Kevin Russo is running to secure his seat. All three names were not in one of the two voting machines at the S.W. Johnson firehouse on Bridge Street.
Silvestri estimated that because of the problem, about 15 people voted with emergency paper ballots, though she would not know the real impact of the problem until tomorrow morning.
But Jennie Morf, chairwoman of the inspectors at the S.W. Johnson firehouse polling site, said a total of 74 people cast their ballots without noticing the three candidates’ names were missing. And at about 7 a.m., County Legislature Michael Grant, D-Garnerville, came in to vote and noticed the problem and alerted inspectors, Morf said.
Morf said the machine was shut down and was replaced. While the machine was not in use, 48 voters voted via emergency paper ballots.
Depending on the margin of victory tonight, the village trustee race might have to be repeated, Morf said.
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