Congresswoman Implores Federal Gov’t for ‘Election Monitors’ Ahead of Primary — Opponents Call It a ‘Stunt’ and a ‘Cynical Ploy’

[WestVirginiaRebel]

The Blaze:

Citing voter suppression, Rep. Nydia Velázquez (D-N.Y.) has asked the Justice Department to step in and oversee her primary election next week.

 

According to a WNYC-FM report Tuesday, two massive illegal purges of Brooklyn voters removed at least 120,000 voters from the system — disproportionately effecting Hispanic voters.

 

In a letter to Attorney Gen. Loretta Lynch Tuesday, Velázquez requested the DOJ “assign federal election monitors” to oversee her June 28 primary, especially in heavily Hispanic polling areas. These monitors, she said, are “necessary to protect New Yorkers’ right to vote.”

 

“Given the pervasive pattern of problems, it is difficult to have confidence that voters will not encounter other difficulties and barriers when heading to the polls next Tuesday,” Velázquez wrote. “Assigning federal election monitors would help protect the most fundamental right of voters in my district on election day.”

 

However, Velázquez’s Democratic opponents aren’t taking her request seriously.

 

“For years, Rep. Nydia Velázquez has been getting re-elected through low-turnout elections,” Jeff Kurzon, a Democratic challenger, said in a statement. “Now she’s on a crusade to end voter suppression? What a joke.”

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