arrow Voters at Brooklyn Borough Hall on June 22, 2021 Scott Heins / Gothamist
New York lawmakers flipped the script at a hearing on election reform and voting rights on Wednesday, shining the light on voters and Election Day workers, to be followed by an interrogation of elections officials in September. The message at the first of a series of State Senate hearings was clear: Board of Elections officials are going to have a lot to answer for.
Members of the Elections Committee heard from more than two dozen people who shared stories of absent poll workers, confusing information from Board of Elections staff, and a sense that voters generally have lost confidence in the current system after a cascade of errors year after year.
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A year after Mallacoota was almost destroyed by calamitous summer bushfires, the East Gippsland holiday hotspot is dealing with a different menace: wasps.
Many Mallacoota locals say European wasps have become a major nuisance. Residents have noticed many nests in the ground and some have reported being terrorised by the insects, particularly when theyâre eating outside.
Mallacoota is being plagued by wasps. These insects drowned in a glass of juice on Monday.
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Mallacoota beekeeper Gerard Berger said this summer he had noticed more wasps than in the 14 years he had been living in the coastal town.