The Independent View: NYC Defective Ballots Issue Solution

First, the New York City Board of Elections (BOE) was Notified about 100,000 Defective Ballots that were sent to Voters in Brooklyn, NYC.

Trump said the Faulty Ballots would be "used by somebody" and are Part of a "scam."

It is true that 100,000 Ballots were sent to Voters, mainly in Brooklyn, with The problems were mostly confined to Brooklyn, where Voters registered Outrage and Confusion after seeing that their Ballots had Mismatched Names and Addresses on the Outer and Inner Mail-back Envelopes.

the Wrong Return Name or Address on the Security Envelope.

The Executive Director of the BOE, Michael Ryan, said during a Meeting that the Mishap was Restricted to just One Batch of Ballots.

The BOE said the Printing Company, Phoenix Graphics, was behind the Mishap, and would Cover the Cost to Send Out Corrected Ballots in time for the November Election.

Voters who Received a Faulty Ballot can Call a Hotline to get a New Ballot, but there have been Reports of Long Wait Times.

Ryan said Election Workers would Reach-Out to Voters who Completed the Ballot via Phone, Email or Social Media.

New Ballot Packages with Special Markings, a Red Marking, on the New Ballots, which will Prevent both Versions from being Counted, in Case Voters Send-In the Original and the Replacement.

Election Officials in New York City have already Processed nearly 500,000 Absentee Ballot Applications and began Mailing Ballots to Voters last week.

My wife and I received ours last week. But we Decided to use Early Voting, as we don't Trust USPS.

First the Small Post Office across the Street was Closed. It had: a Stamp and Postage machine; a Package Outgoing Box; and a Wall of P.O. Boxes, and was a Block from the UN.

Then the Outgoing Mail Box in our Mailroom was Locked.

Finally Two New Mailboxes with a Small Slit just for a Letter was installed, One across the Street and One a Block away.

Then there are Days with No Mail and Days when the Mail Box is Stuffed.