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Artvoice Weekly Edition » Issue v6n18 (05/03/2007) » Section: The News, Briefly


The Write-Off Vote

The intrigue began early on Tuesday morning, when Buffalo Schools Superintendent James Williams reportedly called in to the Erie County Board of Elections office to complain he’d had difficulty casting a write-in vote at his polling place. The complaints mounted throughut the day—trouble with write-ins at Trinity Episcopal, trouble with write-ins in the North District—until, by midafternoon, reports of malfunctioning machines and possible fraud had made their way onto local radio news stations.



Not the Usual Suspects

“We use the term ‘artist’ loosely because of the connotations that follow that label,” said Aimee Buyea. “We actually like to use the word ‘participant.’”





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