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County Elections Commissioner In NY Committed Voter Fraud, Feds Say County Elections Commissioner In NY Committed Voter Fraud, Feds Say
County Elections Commissioner In NY Committed Voter Fraud, Feds Say One of two men tasked with overseeing elections in a New York county was led into a federal courtroom in Albany wearing handcuffs Tuesday, Sept 13, accused of voter fraud. Rensselaer County’s Republican Elections Commissioner, Jason Schofield, age 42, of Troy, was indicted on 12 counts charging him with using other people’s names and dates of birth to fraudulently apply for absentee ballots. Schofield submitted the applications on the New York State Board of Elections website for elections held in Rensselaer County in 2021, prosecutors said. Earlier Report: Troy City Council Member A…

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by Michael Mashburn
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Astorino Narrowly Leads Harckham In State Senate Race, With Absentee Ballots To Be Counted Astorino Narrowly Leads Harckham In State Senate Race, With Absentee Ballots To Be Counted
Astorino Narrowly Leads Harckham In State Senate Race, With Absentee Ballots To Be Counted Former Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino holds a narrow lead over one-term incumbent State Sen. Pete Harckham in the 40th Senate District with absentee ballots still to be counted. In the latest information released by the New York State Board of Elections, Astorino has garnered 65,686 (51.31 percent) of the votes to Harckham’s 58,233 (45.48 percent). The Board of Elections said that 258 of 277 districts have reported. Earlier story - Harckham, Astorino Spar Over School Mascots In State Senate Race The 40th Senate District includes Briarcliff Manor, Buchanan, Cortlandt, Croton-on…

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by Zak Failla