Election tampering or just helping?
When Deborah Williams did not receive her absentee ballot, she was told by the board of elections that her ballot was being held for Jamie Gilkey, the 3rd ward Democratic leader.
As it turns out, Williams' ballot application is among at least 145 on file at the county board with instructions that they be held for Gilkey, all written in his distinctive scrawl.
It's not unusual for candidates' campaign teams to arrange for some voters who can't get to the polls to receive personal delivery of ballots, and election experts say there's no state law limiting the number that can be picked up and returned by one person.
But the apparent tampering with Williams' address -- and the designation of so many Democratic primary ballots for Gilkey's stewardship -- is raising concerns with local election officials. -- Altered ballots cast doubts (Albany, N.Y. Times Union
The headline is inaccurate -- no ballots have been altered, only absentee ballot applications.