White Plains CitizeNetReporter - Bradley Campaign Does Not Have Counts in "Zero Districts"

WPCNR SATURDAY MORNING SPECIAL. By John F. Bailey. September 14, 2002: The person who collected District Leaders' reports on election results from White Plains for the Adam Bradley campaign Tuesday evening, Primary Night, told WPCNR that he was unable to get figures from the District Leader responsible for Districts 9 and 13 in White Plains because the District Leader for unknown reasons was not present when election inspectors reported the results.

The upshot of this is that the Bradley campaign at this point does not have a raw count of votes for Mr. Bradley or Naomi Matusow as of the time the polls closed in Districts 9 & 13. They know 184 Democrats voted in those districts.

Arnold Bernstein, who announced the White Plains totals to the "Bradley Brigaders" assembled at the Gedney Grille Tuesday evening to watch the Primary's Progress, said there were votes for Assembly in Districts 9 & 13, because that is where he voted Tuesday. The assumption by WPCNR is Mr. Bernstein voted for Mr. Bradley, so the Board of Elections "Final" Canvass Sheets for White Plains should show at least 1 vote for Mr. Bradley, or 1 vote for Ms. Matusow.

Bernstein characterized Districts 9 & 13 as a heavily Democratic district with vote totals for Rita Malmud in previous elections approximating in the 180s. According to Bradley, 184 Democratics voted in Districts 9 & 13 Tuesday based on the sign-in sheets. He also said Friday that in viewing the Canvass Sheet, 174 Democrats voted in the Governor's primary line, yet none showed up on the Assembly line.

Board of Elections: Can't Help You Until Monday.

A person answering the phones at the Board of Elections Saturday morning told WPCNR that "no one was available" until Monday to answer any questions about the Canvass Sheets, or to confirm that the final White Plains Canvass Sheets did not show votes for Assembly as Mr. Bradley reported to WPCNR yesterday, after viewing the Canvass Sheets at the Board of Elections Friday afternoon.

White Plains City Clerk Does Not Have Results.

Janice Minieri, City Clerk for White Plains, told WPCNR Saturday morning that election results from Districts 9 and 13 were reported directly to the Board of Elections by Elections Inspectors on the scene Primary Night. She said she had no information as to whether votes for Assembly were recorded on the machine at Ridgeway School (where Districts 9 & 13 vote).

Spectre of a Jam?

The Final Canvass Sheet showing "zero" votes, if the sheets actually show zero votes for assembly, may not necessarily be a Board of Elections recording error in receiving reports from Election Inspectors from Ridgeway School.

There is the possibility of a mechanical failure, causing votes not to be recorded. Such a mechanical failure at vote 39 on a voting machine in George Washington School, threw the Larry Delgado-Glen Hockley race councilperson contest in White Plains into the courts last year.

White Plains Recanvass, North Castle Recanvass Tuesday Will Tell Tale.

Bernstein said the mystery of the missing counts, if the counts are indeed at "0" will be solved Tuesday when the White Plains machines are recanvassed at 12 noon at Ferris Avenue. The North Castle voting machines will be canvassed that day at 1 PM, by a separate Board of Elections team. Harrison will be recanvassed at 9:30 AM and Lewisboro later Tuesday morning at 10:30, Bedford at noon.


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