Showing posts with label United States Attorneys Available To Receive Election Complaints. Show all posts
Showing posts with label United States Attorneys Available To Receive Election Complaints. Show all posts

Friday, June 26, 2020

United States Attorneys Available To Receive Election Complaints


  Audrey Strauss, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Richard P. Donoghue, the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, announced today that special telephone numbers have been set up to receive complaints of possible violations of federal election laws relating to tomorrow’s primary election in New York City and other counties in their districts. 

Their Offices will be available to receive complaints at the following numbers on Tuesday, June 23, 2020:
(646) 369-4739                       (for Manhattan, Bronx, Dutchess, Orange, Putnam, Rockland, Sullivan, and Westchester counties) and  
(718) 254-6790                       (for Brooklyn, Queens, Staten Island, Nassau, and Suffolk counties)
In addition, complaints of possible violations of federal election laws may be made directly to the Federal Bureau of Investigation at (212) 384-1000.
The Department of Justice has an important role in deterring election fraud and discrimination at the polls, and combating these violations whenever and wherever they occur.  The Department’s long-standing Election Day Program furthers these goals, and also seeks to ensure public confidence in the integrity of the election process by providing local points of contact within the Department for the public to report possible election fraud and voting rights violations while the polls are open on Election Day.
Federal law protects against such crimes as intimidating or bribing voters, buying and selling votes, impersonating voters, altering vote tallies, stuffing ballot boxes, and marking ballots for voters against their wishes or without their input.  It also contains special protections for the rights of voters, and provides that they can vote free from acts that intimidate or harass them.  For example, actions of persons designed to interrupt or intimidate voters at polling places by questioning or challenging them, or by photographing or videotaping them, under the pretext that these are actions to uncover illegal voting, may violate federal voting rights law.  Further, federal law protects the right of voters to mark their own ballot or to be assisted by a person of their choice.
The franchise is the cornerstone of American democracy.  We all must ensure that those who are entitled to the franchise exercise it if they choose, and that those who seek to corrupt it are brought to justice. 
The United States Attorneys also noted that the following additional telephone numbers are available for citizens to call for routine inquiries, such as where to vote or how late the polls are open, or to register complaints that may concern violations of New York State election laws:

Sunday, November 6, 2016

United States Attorneys Available To Receive Election Complaints


  PREET BHARARA, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and ROBERT L. CAPERS, the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, announced today that special telephone numbers have been set up to receive complaints of possible violations of federal election laws relating to the upcoming general elections in New York City and other counties in their districts. 
The United States Attorneys said that their Offices will be available to receive complaints at the following numbers on Tuesday, November 8, 2016:
(646) 369-4739                       (Manhattan, Bronx, Dutchess, Orange, Putnam, Rockland, Sullivan and Westchester counties)    
(718) 254-6323                       (Brooklyn, Queens, Staten Island, Nassau and Suffolk counties)
In addition, complaints of possible violations of federal election laws may be made directly to the Federal Bureau of Investigation at (212) 384-1000.
The Department of Justice has an important role in deterring election fraud and discrimination at the polls, and combating these violations whenever and wherever they occur.  The Department’s long-standing Election Day Program furthers these goals, and also seeks to ensure public confidence in the integrity of the election process by providing local points of contact within the Department for the public to report possible election fraud and voting rights violations while the polls are open on Election Day.
Federal law protects against such crimes as intimidating or bribing voters, buying and selling votes, impersonating voters, altering vote tallies, stuffing ballot boxes, and marking ballots for voters against their wishes or without their input.  It also contains special protections for the rights of voters and provides that they can vote free from acts that intimidate or harass them.  For example, actions of persons designed to interrupt or intimidate voters at polling places by questioning or challenging them, or by photographing or videotaping them, under the pretext that these are actions to uncover illegal voting, may violate federal voting rights law.  Further, federal law protects the right of voters to mark their own ballot or to be assisted by a person of their choice.
The United States Attorneys also noted that the following additional telephone numbers are available on election day for citizens to call for routine inquiries, such as where to vote or how late the polls are open, or to register complaints that may concern violations of New York State election laws:
IN NEW YORK CITY
City Board of Elections
Main Office                           (866) 868-3692
TTY #: 212-487-5496
Bronx                                      (718) 299-9017
Brooklyn                                 (718) 797-8800
Manhattan                               (212) 886-2100
Queens                                    (718) 730-6730
Staten Island                           (718) 876-0079
IN COUNTIES OUTSIDE NEW YORK CITY
County Boards of Elections
Dutchess                                 (845) 486-2473
Nassau                                     (516) 571- 8683
Orange                                    (845) 360-6500
Putnam                                    (845) 808-1300
Rockland                                 (845) 638-5172
Suffolk                                    (631) 852-4500
Sullivan                                   (845) 807-0400
Westchester                             (914) 995-5700
Assistant United States Attorney DAVID J. KENNEDY is responsible for overseeing the handling of complaints of voting rights abuses and election fraud for the Southern District of New York.
Assistant United States Attorney CATHERINE MIRABILE is responsible for overseeing the handling of complaints of voting rights abuses and election fraud for the Eastern District of New York.

Monday, April 18, 2016

United States Attorneys Available To Receive Election Complaints


Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Robert L. Capers, the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, announced today that special telephone numbers have been set up to receive complaints of possible violations of federal election laws relating to the upcoming primary elections in New York City and other counties in their districts. 
The United States Attorneys said that their Offices will be available to receive complaints at the following numbers on Tuesday, April 19, 2016:
(212) 637-0840                       (For Manhattan, Bronx, Dutchess, Orange, Putnam, Rockland, Sullivan and Westchester counties)
(718) 254-6323                       (For Brooklyn, Queens, Staten Island, Nassau and Suffolk counties)
In addition, complaints of possible violations of federal election laws may be made directly to the Federal Bureau of Investigation at (212) 384-1000.
It is unlawful under federal law to deny or abridge anyone’s right to vote because of race, color, or national origin.  Federal laws also require local election authorities to make voting accessible to disabled and elderly voters.  Voters who require assistance because of blindness, disability, or inability to read and write have the right to receive such assistance from a person of their own choosing.  In counties with substantial numbers of non-English speaking voters, federal laws prohibit the denial or abridgement of a voter’s ability to participate in the election process in certain languages other than English (i.e., Spanish, Chinese, Korean).         
In addition, certain activities designed to subvert the integrity of the election process are federal crimes.  It is a federal crime, for example, to deprive citizens of their right to fair elections or to conspire to do so.  Specific election laws also make it a crime to bribe or intimidate voters, to cause ballots to be cast fraudulently in the names of individuals who did not vote (“ballot stuffing”), to vote more than once, or to alter or falsify the vote count.  It can also be a federal offense to challenge qualified voters without cause and in bad faith or to harass persons seeking to vote for the purpose of discouraging their vote.
The United States Attorneys also noted that the following additional telephone numbers are available on Election Day for citizens to call for routine inquiries, such as where to vote or how late the polls are open, or to register complaints that may concern violations of New York State election laws:
IN NEW YORK CITY
City Board of Elections
Main Office                (212) 487-5300
                                     (212) 868-3692
Bronx                         (718) 299-9017
Brooklyn                    (718) 797-8800
Manhattan                 (212) 886-2100
Queens                      (718) 730-6730
Staten Island              (718) 876-0079
IN COUNTIES OUTSIDE NEW YORK CITY
County Boards of Elections
Dutchess                     (845) 486-2473
Nassau                       (516) 571-2411
Orange                       (845) 291-2444
Putnam                       (845) 278-6970
Rockland                    (845) 638-5172
Suffolk                        (631) 852-4500
Sullivan                       (845) 794-3000
Westchester                (914) 995-5700
Assistant United States Attorney David J. Kennedy is responsible for overseeing the handling of complaints of voting rights abuses and election fraud for the Southern District of New York.
Assistant United States Attorney Catherine Mirabile is responsible for overseeing the handling of complaints of voting rights abuses and election fraud for the Eastern District of New York.