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Michael Volpe

Michael Volpe

  • The Conspiracy in Queens is Beyond the DA Ballots

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    (photo: Edwin J. Torres/Mayoral Photo Office)


    Election officials in Queens are counting ballots in the District Attorney Democratic primary recount exactly as the law prescribes -- and it is an injustice for Queens and an affront to democracy. 

    After a stunning reversal of fortune that saw Melinda Katz erase a 1,090-vote gap after absentee and other ballots were counted, Tiffany Cabán is challenging the rejection of a small number of provisional ballots that she thinks will turn the tide back in her favor.  While there are many

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