Adams calls for voting reform, more sophisticated tech
Standing in front of the Brooklyn Board of elections on Wednesday morning, Borough President Eric Adams spoke out against the issues with voting in New York that made Tuesday’s midterms chaotic for polling stations across New York.
Adams reported that at least 49 polling locations faced serious problems. Now, he is putting forward a 5-point plan to better the voting process in the city, after Tuesday’s long lines and jammed scanners made voting difficult for hundreds of Brooklynites.
The plan includes immediate investigation of problems at polling stations on city and state levels; better training for poll workers, especially when it comes to fixing jammed scanners; the implementation of early voting; testing new technology; and obtaining stakeholder commitment to structural reform.