QUESTION
How does the NYC Board of Elections decide on staffing plans for poll sites, and what causes voting delays?
3:43:19
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The NYC Board of Elections follows state guidelines for staffing plans but can develop its own; delays are seldom due to poll worker shortages but rather late-opening sites and voter timing.
- The Board strives to meet or exceed state recommendations and regulations for staffing plans.
- They have the flexibility to develop their own staffing structures within state guidelines.
- Lack of poll workers rarely leads to significant delays in voting.
- Delays more frequently occur due to poll sites opening late or large numbers of voters arriving simultaneously, particularly in the morning.
Lincoln Restler
3:43:19
You're subject to the state board of elections to determine the staffing plan per pool site.
3:43:25
On how many people are expected to be there?
Michael J.Ryan
3:43:27
Yes.
3:43:28
We also can develop our own, but they have guidelines on what the staffing plan should be.
3:43:34
So we endeavor to get at or close as close as we can to those recommendations and regulations.
3:43:42
But if it doesn't happen, we haven't found ourselves in a position where lack of poll workers is causing delay.
3:43:52
The things that cause delay more for us could be that a poll site keeping in mind, we don't we don't own the pole sites that a pole site might not be opened on time.
3:44:03
And if that delay starts in the morning, then it continues for a good chunk of the day.
3:44:09
And then also the timing of day that that the individual voters show up to vote.
3:44:17
If everyone shows up first thing in the morning and there's a line long line down the block, well then we're gonna have delays.