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An Open Letter to the New York City Board of Elections |
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by Tim Robbins
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 Mr. Gregory C. Soumas
Board of Elections in the City of New York
Executive Office
32 Broadway
New York, NY 10004-1609
November 17, 2008
Dear Mr. Soumas:
I would like to publicly apologize for being such a dim-witted
dilettante on Election Day. I was under the naïve assumption that I
could vote where I voted in the last two elections. Your thoughtful
letter pointed out that if I had voted in the recent primary election
in September I would have discovered that I was no longer registered in
the polling place I have voted in since 2004. Considering your position
at the Board of Elections and your deep respect for the democratic
process I must assume that my local 14th St. poll worker, Betty J.
Williamson's assertion that my name was on the active voter rolls for
the primary in September of this year was erroneous and that she must
be as confused and wrongheaded as I am. If Ms. Williamson saw my name
in the book in September that would mean that you are lying. Certainly
you wouldn't lie about a thing like that. That is unbecoming of a man
of your bureaucratic stature. And why would anyone in the Board of
Elections be eliminating legitimate voters from the rolls in late
September and October of 2008? That's just crazy and un-democratic.
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