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Residents get 6 votes each in suburban NY election
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PORT CHESTER, N.Y. – Arthur Furano voted early — five days before Election Day. And he voted often, flipping the lever six times for his favorite candidate.
Furano cast multiple votes on the instructions of a federal judge and the U.S. Department of Justice as part of a new election system crafted to help boost Hispanic representation.
Voters in Port Chester, 25 miles northeast of New York City, are electing village trustees for the first time since the federal government alleged in 2006 that the existing election system was unfair. The election ends Tuesday and results are expected late on Tuesday night.
Although the village of about 30,000 residents is nearly half Hispanic, no Latino had ever been elected to any of the six trustee seats, which until now were chosen in a conventional at-large election. Most voters were white, and white candidates always won.
Federal Judge Stephen Robinson said that violated the Voting Rights Act, and he approved a remedy suggested by village officials: a system called cumulative voting, in which residents get six votes each to apportion as they wish among the candidates. He rejected a government proposal to break the village into six districts, including one that took in heavily Hispanic areas.
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Pt. Chester has been utterly destroyed by illegals. The illegals forced the closure of a huge hospital there.
Did it ever dawn on this judge that most of these hispanics in the village are illegals and perhaps the few legal ones never ran for office?
This village is not far from me. I'm almost out of there thank God.
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^^^^BubbleBoy is a racist.
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^^^^BubbleBoy is a racist.
Fuck off fake soldier.
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WTF this is insane.
So if a hispanic candidate is elected is the judge going to give 6 votes to all the other residents for being "in a disadvantage"?
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WTF this is insane.
So if a hispanic candidate is elected is the judge going to give 6 votes to all the other residents for being "in a disadvantage"?
This is in Westchester County, where I live. i live on the border of NYC, literally. you take step to the left, its NYC, a step to the right its Westchester.
Port Chester is a hub of illegals like you cant believe. They have been crying about not having people on the board. However, not many hispanics run for office and their numbers are greatly inflated due to the huge amount illegals in Pt Chester.
Look up "illegal aliens" and "United Hospital". These vermin literally bankrupted the hospital.
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Fuck off fake soldier.
Why not ask HH6 if I'm a "fake solider."
I'll shut YOU up just like I shut HIM up.
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Why not ask HH6 if I'm a "fake solider."
I'll shut YOU up just like I shut HIM up.
::) ::)
Ok Rambo.
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All quotas are wrong, anyone can be a candidate, if the people want this person they vote.
If hispanics (or any group) don't participate as candidates or the ones that do don't get enough votes, well the people have decided, wtf is wrong and they give a select group multiple votes? This goes against the very essence of the elections. I'm amazed this was done by a federal judge.
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All quotas are wrong, anyone can be a candidate, if the people want this person they vote.
If hispanics (or any group) don't participate as candidates (or the ones that do) don't get enough votes, well the people have decided, wtf is wrong and they give a select group multiple votes? This goes against the very essence of the elections. I'm amazed this was done by a federal judge.
I live in the Devils' Den of this crap. Nothing surprises me anymore. You see, when everyone jumps on me for my "extreme views", what they dont get is that i deal with this crap and its making its way out to the middle america where they could never imagine this type of crap.
But slowly but surely its making its way out there. Hispancis by and large dont want to assimilate like other groups, they want to take over and have special rights and priviliges only on to themselves.
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::) ::)
Ok Rambo.
^^^ Hey BubbleBoy, ever wonder why HH6 cooled his "fake solider"/Obama is a scumbag rhetoric?
It's called self preservation. ;)
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Actually this reminds me of the New Haven firefighters case (yes the one Sotomayor said they "had no case").
The way this is going it's gonna be "illegals represent 5% of the US population, therefore they are a disadvantaged minority so automatically one candidate in any precinct must be be an illegal alien since they can't legally vote and are not represented in local assemblies". We're getting there..
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Residents get 6 votes each in suburban NY election
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PORT CHESTER, N.Y. – Arthur Furano voted early — five days before Election Day. And he voted often, flipping the lever six times for his favorite candidate.
Furano cast multiple votes on the instructions of a federal judge and the U.S. Department of Justice as part of a new election system crafted to help boost Hispanic representation.
Voters in Port Chester, 25 miles northeast of New York City, are electing village trustees for the first time since the federal government alleged in 2006 that the existing election system was unfair. The election ends Tuesday and results are expected late Tuesday night.
Although the village of about 30,000 residents is nearly half Hispanic, no Latino had ever been elected to any of the six trustee seats, which until now were chosen in a conventional at-large election. Most voters were white, and white candidates always won.
Federal Judge Stephen Robinson said that violated the Voting Rights Act, and he approved a remedy suggested by village officials: a system called cumulative voting, in which residents get six votes each to apportion as they wish among the candidates. He rejected a government proposal to break the village into six districts, including one that took in heavily Hispanic areas.
Furano and his wife, Gloria Furano, voted Thursday.
"That was very strange," Arthur Furano, 80, said after voting. "I'm not sure I liked it. All my life, I've heard, 'one man, one vote.'"
It's the first time any municipality in New York has used cumulative voting, said Amy Ngai, a director at FairVote, a nonprofit election research and reform group that has been hired to consult. The system is used to elect the school board in Amarillo, Texas, the county commission in Chilton County, Ala., and the City Council in Peoria, Ill.
The judge also ordered Port Chester to implement in-person early voting, allowing residents to show up on any of five days to cast ballots. That, too, is a first in New York, Ngai said.
Village clerk Joan Mancuso said Monday that 604 residents voted early.
Gloria Furano gave one vote each to six candidates. Aaron Conetta gave two votes each to three candidates.
Frances Nurena talked to the inspectors about the new system, grabbed some educational material and went home to study. After all, it was only Thursday. She could vote on Friday, Saturday or Tuesday.
"I understand the voting," she said. "But since I have time, I'm going to learn more about the candidates."
On Tuesday, Candida Sandoval voted at the Don Bosco Center, where a soup kitchen and day-laborer hiring center added to the activity, and where federal observers watched the voting from a table in the corner.
"I hope that if Hispanics get in, they do something for all the Hispanic people," Sandoval said in Spanish. "I don't know, but I hope so."
FairVote said cumulative voting allows a political minority to gain representation if it organizes and focuses its voting strength on specific candidates. Two of the 13 Port Chester trustee candidates — one Democrat and one Republican — are Hispanic. A third Hispanic is running a write-in campaign after being taken off the ballot on a technicality.
Campaigning was generally low-key, and the election itself was less of an issue than housing density and taxes.
Hispanic candidates Fabiola Montoya and Luis Marino emphasized their volunteer work and said they would represent all residents if elected.
Gregg Gregory gave all his votes to one candidate, then said, "I think this is terrific. It's good for Port Chester. It opens it up to a lot more people, not just Hispanics but independents, too."
Vote coordinator Martha Lopez said that if turnout is higher than in recent years, when it hovered around 25 percent, the election would be a success — regardless of whether a Hispanic was elected.
"I think we'll make it," she said. "I'm happy to report the people seem very interested."
But Randolph McLaughlin, who represented a plaintiff in the lawsuit, said the goal was not merely to encourage more Hispanics to vote but "to create a system whereby the Hispanic community would be able to nominate and elect a candidate of their choice."
That could be a non-Hispanic, he acknowledged, and until exit polling is done, "it won't be known for sure whether the winners were Hispanic-preferred."
The village held 12 forums — six each in English and Spanish — to let voters know about the new system and to practice voting. The bilingual ballot lists each candidate across the top row — some of them twice if they have two party lines — and then the same candidates are listed five more times. In all, there are 114 levers; voters can flip any six.
Besides the forums, bright yellow T-shirts, tote bags and lawn signs declared "Your voice, your vote, your village," part of the educational materials also mandated in the government agreement. Announcements were made on cable TV in each language.
All such materials — the ballot, the brochures, the TV spots, the reminders sent home in schoolkids' backpacks — had to be approved in advance, in English and Spanish versions, by the Department of Justice.
Conetta said the voter education effort was so thorough he found voting easier than usual.
"It was very different but actually quite simple," he said. "No problem."
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Is there any doubt left you left wing fools ?
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This is a perfect example of left wing, liberal, pofs, communist, marxist, insanity run amok.
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That could be a non-Hispanic, he acknowledged, and until exit polling is done, "it won't be known for sure whether the winners were Hispanic-preferred."
So if they didn't elect a hispanic candidate what would be next? 12 votes for every hispanic voter or automatically electing hispanic candidates?
I really don't believe this shit, maybe we'll see it on a federal level soon..
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So if they didn't elect a hispanic candidate what would be next? 12 votes for every hispanic voter or automatically electing hispanic candidates?
I really don't believe this shit, maybe we'll see it on a federal level soon..
I actually had Prof. Randolf in Law school. He is a far left idealogue.
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Bump for the left wing naive dolts on this board.
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i have read many stories of this happening in alot of cities not just n.y. its going on all over
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i have read many stories of this happening in alot of cities not just n.y. its going on all over
Pure insanity. This is the logical extension of allowing illegals to mulptiply like locusts in any area.
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This is fucking ridiculous. What's the point of voting? Always with the racism yet it was those evil, racist, white Americans who elected a black man President.
Maybe the Hispanics should run a valid candidate. ::)
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This is fucking ridiculous. What's the point of voting? Always with the racism yet it was those evil, racist, white Americans who elected a black man President.
Maybe the Hispanics should run a valid candidate. ::)
BF , you live in Fairfield correct? If so, you know the mess the illegal hispanics made of Port Chester. They destroyed it.
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BF , you live in Fairfield correct? If so, you know the mess the illegal hispanics made of Port Chester. They destroyed it.
I'm not in Fairfield but I'm close. And yeah, they did ruin it. I can't say Fairfield County has changed too much but Bridgeport is, and will always be, trash.
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I'm not in Fairfield but I'm close. And yeah, they did ruin it. I can't say Fairfield County has changed too much but Bridgeport is, and will always be, trash.
I was in Port Chester this past weekend and the place looks like Mexico City. Trash all over the place, drunkards sitting in the street and on the stoops, the fat little penguin wives with their 4 kids, etc etc.
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I was in Port Chester this past weekend and the place looks like Mexico City. Trash all over the place, drunkards sitting in the street and on the stoops, the fat little penguin wives with their 4 kids, etc etc.
Ha. Stroll down Iranistan Avenue, or most streets downtown, in Bridgeport at any point during the day and it's like that. Never mind going down there at night as you'll wind up mugged and probably killed.
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^^^ Hey BubbleBoy, ever wonder why HH6 cooled his "fake solider"/Obama is a scumbag rhetoric?
It's called self preservation. ;)
Shut the fuck up you pedophile fake vet. HH6 is busy serving his country like a real soldier, and hasn't been posting much on anything. And if you wanna play badass, why don't you let us know what company you supposedly own and invite 33 and I down for a visit.
Pure insanity. This is the logical extension of allowing illegals to mulptiply like locusts in any area.
I can't believe the judge is allowed to seemingly rig the election because of apathy. There's nothing that can be done legally about this?
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Don't know, this came out today.
Its pure insanity.
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I can't believe the judge is allowed to seemingly rig the election because of apathy. There's nothing that can be done legally about this?
I was wondering the same thing. How could this possibly be legal? Hopefully someone in that town is looking into it.