Beth Lore

🚨BREAKING: A New York City poll watcher in the Bronx says election officials forced her out before the ballots were sealed and the voting machines were properly closed. She reports that after the numbers checked out, poll workers began leaving while the machines stayed unlocked and unsealed with ballots still inside — something she says she has never seen in years of watching New York City polls. When she stayed to observe the sealing process, the coordinator grew nervous, told her she was done, and called a deputy chief clerk who ordered her to leave. Ballots were eventually bagged and seals applied, but she says she was not allowed to verify the seal numbers or the paperwork. New York law specifically authorizes poll watchers to observe the unlocking, examination, and sealing of voting machines and ballot boxes. Once observers are removed, there is no independent check on what happens next. This is the same pattern that erodes trust in every election. If the rules are not followed in the open, accountability disappears. Federal oversight and real consequences are long overdue.