A group calling itself Concerned Citizens of Mount Vernon is claiming the 2012 school vote was rife with fraud and has sent letters to the U.S. Department of Justice and state attorney general requesting monitors for this year’s election and budget vote….
A review of documents obtained by The Journal News showed that in some cases, the group’s concerns were unfounded: Votes they thought were fraudulent appear to be legitimate. But the review did uncover instances of phantom addresses, duplicate names and, in at least one case, a dead voter.