After Monday's public hearing about the Primary Day voting shitshow, we interviewed an election coordinator from Hell's Kitchen who's worked elections for the past three years. (The election coordinator is responsible for managing the polling place and poll workers.) He agreed to speak with us on condition of anonymity because, as he tells us, he hasn't gotten paid yet. By the way, did you know poll workers make some pretty sweet coin? $225 a day! Sure, they have to show up at the crack of dawn, but as our source tells us, the lucky ones spend hours lounging around the equivalent of a DOE rubber room. more ›

It's believed yesterday's presidential election had the biggest voter turnout since the 1960 election: American University's Center for the Study of the American Electorate director Curtis Gans "predicted that as many as 135 million people would cast votes - 64.8 percent of those eligible to vote, compared with 67 percent in 1960." more ›

With only six days to go until Election Day, we should all be excited or relieved to finally cast our ballots and leave the worrying for when we wait for returns. But all signs are pointing to a rough day for NYC's 4.6 million voters, courtesy of the NYC Board of Elections--and Mayor Bloomberg. For instance, this is what BOE official Frederic Umane said yesterday, "We just hope that people would be as patient when they try to vote as they would be trying to wait for a hamburger at one of the more fancy hamburger places, which I understand the lines can be up to two or three hours." more ›

Bucky from ANIMAL New York just emailed us about registering to vote in Brooklyn today:

I just went to 345 Adams Street [pictured] to register to vote. Today is the absolute last day for walk-ins. Yesterday was deadline for mail-in registration. more ›