Posted by GET NY on 16:18:46 12/10/04
. . .
Roper expected her petitions to be challenged. After all, any voter in Brooklyn (not just her opponent) is legally eligible to have challenged her petitions by filing a general objection at the Board of Elections within three days after the petition was filed and then, if they wanted to pursue the challenge, filing what is called a specification of the objection six days later. She could have expected two or even three challenges.
But what she got was unexpected and unprecedented. The Brooklyn Democratic organization filed 142 general objections and 134 specifications against Roper. If that was not amazing enough, it also filed 172 general objections and 160 specifications against Peter Sweeney and 234 general objections and 230 specifications against Eileen Nadelson.
. . .
For the complete piece, please see the Link.
Follow Ups:
