The original content of Democracy Now! Headlines appears under the Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 3.0 License (United States). For more, including their other shows and media, visit www.democracynow.org. April 22, 2016 New York City: Election Board Clerk Suspended over Voting Fiasco ---------------------------------------------------------------- In New York City, the chief clerk of the Board of Elections, Diane Haslett-Rudiano, has been suspended without pay, after the Election Board purge of more than 120,000 Brooklyn Democratic voters from the rolls. The state Attorney General's Office received more than 1,000 complaints on Primary Election Day. Both his office and the city comptroller have launched investigations. Topics:New York2016 Election .