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Title: New York Gov. Cuomo may send National Guard troops to polling stations on Election Day
Post by: rangerrebew on September 25, 2020, 12:34:59 pm

 New York Gov. Cuomo may send National Guard troops to polling stations on Election Day
 
September 24, 2020 Liz George
 

With November 3 just over five weeks away, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo (D) is considering sending National Guard troops to polling locations on Election Day in an effort to safeguard voters’ ability to cast their ballots in person.

The June 23 primary elections highlighted numerous issues with the local boards and the Board of Elections is “basically a person-powered staffing function,” Cuomo stated during a teleconference, New York Post reported. “We said to them, ‘Learn from that experience, tell us what you need,” Cuomo said. “We can use National Guard personnel to help.”

The New York governor said he may also have state and local government employees who were dismissed by COVID-19 lockdown measures fill in for poll workers, despite Election Day’s designation as a legal holiday in the Empire State.

https://americanmilitarynews.com/2020/09/new-york-gov-cuomo-may-send-national-guard-troops-to-polling-stations-on-election-day/