WPCNR WHITE PLAINS VOICE. September 18, 2003: The Board of Elections has done it again. For the third straight election WPCNR has covered, reporting of results by the Board of Elections has been late, inaccurate, and poor decisions and priorities have been set. Every year the Board of Elections has ten months to fix their performance and every year the same dismal nineteenth century reporting methods keep White Plains voters, and all voters in the county in suspense. Take our poll at the right and let us know your thoughts, after all you are the electorate. Vote more than once.

Yet the Westchester County Board of Elections does not improve performance. Board of Elections canvassing on Election night is not as accurate as party call-ins on the votes. Recanvassing takes too long. Counting of Affidavit Ballots and Absentee Ballots delays results more than a week, and this happens every election year. You also ought to know this. The Board of Elections is not accountable to the County. Complaints are to be directed to State Elections Board.

What do Mr. and Mrs. White Plains think? Take the poll at the right. And I encourage you to vote more than once so we can pinpoint areas that might help the Board of Elections count quickly, accurately, and authoritatively, something they demonstrate every year they cannot do.

This is not a knock on the volunteers who work on the Board of Elections. They only use the systems that are put into effect by their management, and the volunteers need to be used more strategically and intelligently. What do you think?