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Forum: Meet Our Board of Elections Commissioners

April 1, 2021 * 7:00 P.M. * via Zoom

An Evening with our Monroe County Board of Elections Commissioners:
Behind the Scenes: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Handling of Elections
Lisa P. Nicolay, Republican Commissioner
Jackie Ortiz, Democratic Commissioner

Behind the scenes at the Board of Elections

• What happens when people cast their votes? (Absentee, Early Voting, Election Day)
  • Where does your vote go and how does it get there?
  • Who oversees the process and what kind of screening do those people undergo?
  • Who reports the numbers and to whom?
  • How is it that the media get the numbers so quickly?
  • What kind of security is built into the process to ensure that things are done correctly?
  • What is the process of handling absentee ballot applications?
  • What is the process of handling absentee ballot receipt and counting?
  • Why does it take so much longer for NYS to count absentee ballots than other states?

What will be different in the 2021 Elections?

• Lessons learned from 2020
  • What legislated changes are going into effect in 202

1. For the primaries
2. For the general election

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