NYDaily News: NYS election officials party at Finger Lakes resort

[Captain Hilts]

ER: You won't believe this shit -




Make sure to click on the link to see the photographs.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/2009/06/29/2009-06-29_with_albany_in_chaos_board_of_elections_staff_live_it_up_in_finger_lakes.html

A state Board of Elections conference may sound dull - but not in New York.
Up to 180 elections commissioners and staffers wined, dined and danced under the stars last week at an annual conference in the scenic Finger Lakes.

Commissioners and employees spent four workdays at a conference at the Ramada Geneva Lake Front, which included plenty of eating, boozing, golf and touring.

[Stevepol]

1. And guess who helped pay for the wining and dining.

SURPRISE!! Your friendly local voting machine vendors!

"At this conference, vendors seeking business with election boards across the state picked up the tab for food and open bars.

State regulations advise employees it may be improper to accept gifts and that 'prior approval and written disclosure' may be required.

New York State Election Commissioners Association President William Scriber acknowledged vendors paid to hawk their wares at the conference - and the money was used to pay for open bars and other expenses.

Still, he defended the conference as necessary.

'We're probably going to go through one of the most difficult election years in the state,' he said, explaining that most counties would be using new voting optical scan technology. Companies that make the technology were at the conference.

State rules also recommend only two employees attend such events at a time so as not to deplete the staff.

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[WillYourVoteBCounted]

6. yes using uncertified voting systems that are already known to have flaws

will certainly be tough. So go get drunk on the vendor's dime, after polishing off
that steak and partying all night.

[Dennis Donovan]

2. Bad judgment and timing...

...with the mess in Albany right now.

On edit: I have a hard time imagining ER saying the word "shit." Her cousin, Alice, maybe...;):hi:

[Captain Hilts]

3. I know. Isn't it fun? She might have been happier if she

had been able to say 'shit'. Same for FDR, but it was a class issue and neither would have said it if they had a mouthful, as it were.

Thinking about it, she might have been better off knowing 'fuck off'!

No doubt the current antics of Dems in Albany would have her looking to expand her vocabulary.

[Dennis Donovan]

4. Although she might've uttered "what is THIS shit?" when she found the Lucy letters...

...in FDR's bag while he was recuperating from the Spanish Flu.;)

[WillYourVoteBCounted]

5. Fox guarding the hen house

disgusting.

[WillYourVoteBCounted]

7. This guy looks shit faced

George Gonzalez, Deputy Executive Director, NYC Board of Elections

LOL, got his party goin' on!

[Bill Bored]

8. Well at least NYC isn't going to be using the uncertified voting junk this year.

Gonzalez (D) is the Deputy and the Republican is the Exec Director. Why this hasn't changed in so long is a mystery to me. I guess it's because the NYC Mayor is Republican? At the State Board, it's 50/50. There are 2 co-executive directors, one from each major party, but the City makes some of its own rules.

[WillYourVoteBCounted]

9. well then I say give him another beer - UNLESS

he falls for the vendor's crap.

After all, that was what the meeting was about, right?