Exclusive | Dead voters' signatures appear on Dem candidate's forms: 'Our democracy nowadays'

"State Assembly candidate Marie Mirville-Shahzada and her slate of Democratic district leaders can get axed from the primaries on Coney Island because a mind-boggling 90% of her 5,258 total signatures have been invalidated by the city Board of Elections. Some 3,000 people who supposedly signed the petitions - which are required to run for office - lived out of the district or were not registered to vote."

"The review of signature petitions confirmed that at least two signatures are of dead voters while a third signature is from a woman whose family said she wasn't even in the Big Apple on the day she allegedly put her John Hancock on the form. Despite records showing both voters would be over a 100-years old and that they passed away over a decade ago, fresh ink was signed last month to support Mirville-Shahzada's bid to get into the party primary."

""I was a little incensed only because years ago you didn't hear things like this. This is our democracy nowadays. It's very sad," her daughter, Sharon Gelbfish, told The Post. Attempts to reach relatives of the deceased voters were unsuccessful but social security records noted they both passed in 2010."

"Mirville-Shahzada now has a meager 479 valid signatures which is 21 short of the 500 threshold to run for Assembly against fellow Democrat Chris McCreight, the chief-of-staff to the former lefty leaning City Councilman Justin Brannan. "This is why people lose faith in government, because you have people running for office who are willing to lie and cheat because they can't compete by following the rules," McCreight"

A Brooklyn Democratic candidate faces removal from the primary ballot after the city Board of Elections invalidated 90% of her nominating petition signatures. The invalid signatures include people who were not registered to vote or did not live in the district, along with signatures attributed to deceased voters. A review found signatures from voters who died more than a decade earlier, despite records indicating they were over 100 years old at death. Another signature was reportedly disputed by the signer’s family, who said she was not in the city when the signature was allegedly added. The candidate has 479 valid signatures, which is 21 short of the 500 required to appear on the ballot.

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