The return of the lever pull: To prepare for runoff, BOE goes Lo-Fi
Voters will experience a blast from the not-too- distant past Tuesday when they use the old lever voting machines to cast their primary ballots.
The city Board of Elections pushed for the one-time use of the retro devices, which were last used in the 2009 election, primarily because they are better suited to a two-person runoff.
“It’s a much more shorter time process to change it to a two-person contest,” BOE spokeswoman Valerie Vazquez said.
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The board asked state lawmakers to move the primary date to the summer to give them more time to prepare for a runoff, but Albany leaders denied the request.
Vazquez said the denial forced the BOE to go with Plan B: the return of the lever machines just for the primary election. The legislature and governor approved that request in July, as well as a new Oct. 1 runoff date, instead of Sept. 24.
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