One in three voters who cast a ballot in the mayoral race didn’t weigh in on the ballot questions. In some cases, poll workers may have failed to remind voters…
Bill de Blasio’s promise of progress has raised expectations. In Brownsville on Election Day, voters’ hopes ranged from a vague desire for change to specific, ambitious goals.
Over the next two weeks, on the web and around the city, citizens will get a chance to weigh in on how the city should change under the coming administration.
You see their names on every ballot—candidates you’ve not heard of from parties you may not have known existed. They run facing certain defeat. Ever wonder why?
Self-interest and civic spirit, friendship and suspicion, crisis and calm—all were on display at one polling place during the long day that was Election 2013.
Tony Gronowicz ran for mayor on the Green Party line knowing he would lose, but hoping to gather enough votes to force the major parties to pay attention.
