NY ELECTION OFFICIALS WARN ABOUT VOTER ROLL VIGILANTES

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HUDSON VALLEY, NY — The New York Board of Elections is warning that voters across the state are being confronted by people impersonating election officials regarding their registration status, and erroneously accused of committing a crime because of how they appear in the state voter database.

"We are extremely alarmed by these actions. These individuals are impersonating government officials in an effort to intimidate voters based on inaccurate and misleading information," Raymond J. Riley III, Co-Executive Director of the State Board of Elections, said in a statement issued Aug. 30. "We strongly encourage those engaging in these activities to cease immediately."

The state BOE knows that residents were contacted in Albany, Chautauqua, Jefferson, Onondaga, Ontario, Orange, Putnam, Saratoga, Schenectady, Steuben, Suffolk, Warren, and Washington counties, spokesperson Kathleen McGrath told Patch.  MORE AT NY Election Officials Warn About Voter Roll Vigilantes | Southeast, NY Patch