ALBANY — A trio of government advocacy groups wants the state attorney general’s office to investigate since-corrected ballot miscounts in Rensselaer County.
In a letter to the attorney general’s office sent Monday, Common Cause New York, the Rensselaer County League of Women Voters and Free Speech For People scrutinized the county Board of Elections, which initially stood by the dramatically inaccurate 528-60 results of a Stephentown Memorial Library budget vote in November.
A countywide recount revealed formatting errors — ovals improperly juxtaposed over text — that showed the proposition actually passed 540-279. Totals for a proposal to end an East Greenbush volunteer ambulance service program shifted from a 517-505 approval to a 2,381 to 2,250 defeat. And the approval of a state ballot proposition shifted by a few hundred votes countywide…