New York Elections

Let's Comfort the Afflicted

Tom Allon | Posted 04.22.2012

Tom Allon

Every vote is equal. The "afflicted" can catch up to the "comfortable." We just need to reform our 20th century, tired ideas -- and the leaders who perpetuate them.

Election Commissioners Want To Give Troops More Time To Vote

Posted 05.25.2011

The Election Commissioners' Association is looking to move the date of New York State's primary contests from September to June. The ECA recently w...

New York GOP Head Under Fire For Party's Losses

nytimes.com | Posted 05.25.2011

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Board of Elections Finds 200,000 Votes a Month After Election

nytimes.com | SAM ROBERTS | Posted 05.25.2011

The city's Board of Elections routinely reminds New Yorkers that the election night vote count is unofficial and preliminary. Still, the difference i...

WATCH: Paladino Concedes, But Uses Bat To Threaten Cuomo

The Huffington Post | Nick Wing | Posted 05.25.2011

Failed New York gubernatorial candidate Carl Paladino brought a strange companion to his concession speech Tuesday night -- its name was Louisville Sl...

Can GOP Sink Any Lower Than Carl Paladino? Nah.

Dan Collins | Posted 05.25.2011

Dan Collins

New York Republicans have nominated a man to sit at the top of their ticket who has a history of sending obscene and racist e-mails to his "friends." At least one of these e-mails used the n-word.

New Voting Machines: Report from the Trenches

David A. Singer | Posted 05.25.2011

David A. Singer

I just returned from voting in the primary election -- for the first time using the new, federally mandated, three-step paper ballot optical scanner vote counting device.

Design Your Own Election Ballot

nytimes.com | The NEW YORK TIMES | Posted 05.25.2011

In the September primary, civic-minded New Yorkers will be greeted with new ballots and voting machines. The familiar quaint curtains and squeaky leve...

Left, Right & Center: Consumer Spending, Health Care, Hillary and Pakistan, Elections

HuffPost Radio | Posted 05.25.2011

HuffPost Radio

We discuss: Hillary Clinton in Pakistan -- did she say the wrong things? Consumer spending -- did we save the banks at the expense of the people? And the 2009 elections -- what are the implications?

Obama Gets Flack From Liberal Democrats

Barbara Probst Solomon | Posted 05.25.2011

Barbara Probst Solomon

The president's Achilles heel is his need to present an image always above the fray. Our brilliant Obama loves his self image too much.

New York State and New Jersey Elections Live

HuffingtonPost | Posted 05.25.2011

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Democratic Runoffs: Few New Yorkers Expected To Vote Today

nytimes.com | CLYDE HABERMAN | Posted 05.25.2011

More people went to the ballpark over the weekend to watch the Yankees play the Red Sox than are likely to elect New York's next chief money man on Tu...

New York City Elections: Real Estate's The Hot Issue

Gotham Gazette | Courtney Gross | Posted 05.25.2011

The real estate market is reeling but that has not stopped the industry from doling out $2.5 million to candidate for citywide office this year and mo...

New York Elections Cheat Sheet

Our Town | Charlotte Eichna and Dan Rivoli | Posted 05.25.2011

During the past few months, these papers have provided ongoing coverage of the various candidates vying for office this fall, as well as overviews of ...