Gothamist reports on allegations of attempted voting fraud in Tuesday’s primary election, quoting David Greenberg, a poll watcher for unsuccessful City Council candidate and Brooklyn Heights resident Stephen Pierson (photo), as saying he observed so many attempts to vote using fraudulent credentials that he assumed the problem was “widespread.” Greenberg, who was observing voting at IS 71 in Williamsburg, said there was a period of time before he and other poll watchers were allowed into the polling place because of an alleged problem with their credentials.
The Gothamist piece also quotes a Board of Elections worker and a police officer as saying they had observed attempts to vote fraudulently, but did not know of any actual voting fraud. Greenberg is not quoted as suggesting that those who attempted to vote fraudulently, or may have succeeded in doing so, were trying to vote or voting for Pierson’s successful opponent, incumbent City Council Member Stephen Levin.
