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.
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?
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.
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.
More than a hundred election districts changed their polling place after the September primary, leading to confusion and frustration for voters who said they were not informed.
If the atmosphere at Hostos Community College is any indication, the buzz around the Obama campaign has been followed by a whisper shrouding the 2013 mayoral race.
