A concerned resident reached out to The Batavian with a report that the Genesee County Board of Elections did not have her as a registered voter in the county after she had allegedly filled out a new voter registration form at the DMV.
She reported that she was still registered in Monroe County after moving from Rochester to Batavia in July and registering at the DMV.
Republican Election Commissioner Dick Siebert said the DMV discrepancy has been an issue of concern for the past few years.
Siebert said “Our main purpose is that everyone who claims that they registered through the DMV has an opportunity to vote that night, and what we do is provide them an affidavit ballot so that they're not turned away just because we say we can't find a registration for you...They can cast an affidavit ballot, which is the same ballot that everyone else gets, and then we have to sort it out later, each case by itself as to what happened -- why they're are not showing up registered with us.”
Siebert added that their main focus is first making sure everyone has the chance to vote and, second, ensuring that there is no voter fraud.
Wow. The DMV and the Board
Wow. The DMV and the Board of Elections are only THREE FLOORS APART in that SAME BUILDING. How hard can it BE to take those forms up 3 flights of stairs ????
Irene Will, these things aren
Irene Will, these things aren't as simple as one might think. They first must advertise for bids so they can hire a company to perform a study to determine who would be best suited to be the one to make the trip up those three flights of stairs. Then OSHA would need to be contacted and determine if any special type of footwear is requited to go up the three flights of stairs. There could also be a seniority issue due to it being a government employee issue. I'm sure there are also many other concerns that would need to be addressed. All these things take time.