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Supreme Court Judge Raymond Elliott
signed the document ordering the Board of Elections to turn over all paper
ballots cast and accepted and all voided ballots in the November 2013 election.
“This Troy City Council at large
election was extremely close, and the people of Troy deserve an answer as to
the true and actual outcome of the election,” Mantello said of the race she
lost by 65 votes.
Mantello has filed a number of
FOIL requests, got a favorable opinion from the state Committee on Open
Government and even politely asked commissioners if she could have a gander at
the ballots.
Elliott noted that Commissioners Ed McDonough and
Larry Bugbee, a Democrat and Republican respectively, never refused the ballots but said they needed a
court order to turn them over.
According to Mantello, the BOE
opposed her efforts to get a recount even though the range of her defeat fluctuated
between 17 and 65 votes of several thousand cast.
One irregularity, Mantello said,
was at the Knickerbacker Ice Rink in Council District 2, where unofficial results
were not posted on the BOE website until 11:30, some 90 minutes after the rest
of the districts were posted.
Mantello came in fourth in the
race for three At Large seats on the city Council. Democrat Lynn Kopka came in
third, 65 votes ahead of Mantello. Democrat Rodney Wiltshire got the most votes
of any At Large candidate and is now president. Councilwoman Erin
Sullivan-Teta, a Democrat in her first run at office, came in second.
Elliot granted the BOE’s request
to allow Mantello access for two hours per day with exemptions made during the
time the office is busy with the primary on Sept. 9 and the general election on
Nov. 4.
Go Carmella!
ReplyDeleteVindicated tats hand em over!
ReplyDeleteCommittee on Open Government and even politely asked commissioners if she could have a gander at the ballots.
ReplyDeleteBut she wants fair and impartial government
Carmella did not want to let Jack Cox Run for office and that person she had Valenti who got Mr Cox kicked off the ballot should be ashamed of him self also its just another Republican sore loser crying in her beer
The law requires a court order to allow anyone to touch and view the ballots.
ReplyDeleteShe finally complied with the law. Why are you making her seem like a martyr in this grandstanding episode of a perennial candidate ?
Carmella should also share with the public the emails from the Rensselaer County BOE about all the problems programming the machines. That should shed some light on the problem. What are Bugbee and McDonough covering up?
ReplyDeleterumor has it that thet were giving out wrong ballots at the knick. another coverup at the board?
ReplyDeleteI'd say a recount for all the votes casted at the Knick, I'd bet money on voter fraud--they should check the absentee ballots too just for shits and giggles.
Deleteheard that same rumor that the election was programmed wrong.
ReplyDeleteSo glad to see Carmella has (finally) won something!
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