New York School Clerk Tore Up, Trashed Ballots to Help Preferred Candidate

“The Board of Education Trustee election must be overturned because widespread irregularities affected the outcome of the election and were so pervasive that they vitiated the electoral process,” the filing from the Hempstead school district’s attorneys said.

The petition, filed on June 15 and made public Thursday, asks New York State Education Commissioner Betty Rosa to invalidate the election results and order a new vote.

The district also requested that a replacement clerk oversee the election and that the New York Attorney General’s Civil Rights Bureau monitor the process.

The school district launched an internal investigation after officials identified what they described as significant irregularities in the election for the unpaid school board trustee positions, the New York Post reported.