Fraud, rigging near impossible in New York – election officials

Dr Christina Gheer

By Zoisa Fraser in New York

(Stabroek News is one of two Caribbean media houses chosen to participate in the US Election Tour organised by the US Department of State’s Foreign Press Centre.)

Millions of New Yorkers will take to the polls today for the first time having been excluded from the early voting process and all assurances have been given that the chances of voter fraud and rigging are near impossible.

Director of Communications Bronx County Board of Elections Valerie Vazquez told foreign journalists participating in two elections tours that there are 1,205 polling places throughout New York City (NYC) and they will all close at 9 pm. These polling stations are expected to service