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Mayor On Board As BOE Inspects Lever Machines
By: Courtney Gross
Mayor Michael Bloomberg gave his approval Friday for a plan to bring back old-style voting machines for this year's city elections as the Board of Elections continued inspections of the machines in advance of their potential return. NY1's Courtney Gross filed the following report.
The state legislature is maneuvering to bring back old lever voting machines for this year's election.
For about four years, they have been sitting in a warehouse in Brooklyn, row after row preserved with plastic covers.
But the curtain is coming down, and they are powering up.
Read more at http://www.ny1.com/content/top_stories/183438/mayor-on-board-as-boe-inspects-lever-machines
