“Someone is not on top of their stuff,” says Inna Aizenshtein, who lives and votes in Greenpoint. “It’s like, you must take this action otherwise you’re going to be punished, which is very strange because I have voted where I lived already several times.'
ahead of the 2020 presidential election, a mistake it blamed on a vendor.
While the BOE is encouraging anyone who received the notice to complete it and send it back, Ryan said they also plan to send a second notice to voters who received the form in error to alert them to the mistake, confirm they are still an active voter and stress that no additional action is needed. It then instructs the voter to complete the enclosed voter registration form and return it in the provided postage paid envelope, “to remain an active voter.”