RIOC Board Nomination Election Results - More Ballots Cast for RIOC Nominees than for Spitzer, Clinton or Maloney

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According to the Main Street WIRE, the six winners for nominees to the Roosevelt Island Board of Directors in order of total votes are:

1. Kathie GRIMM with 937 Votes
2. Jonathan KALKIN with 933 Votes
3. Frank FARANCE with 911 Votes
4. Erin FEELY-NAHEM with 832 Votes
   
5. Fay CHRISTIAN with 803 votes and
6. Howard POLIVY with 750 votes
   

A total of 1718 ballots were cast in the election.

The Main Street Wire has complete building by building election results.

Congratulations to the six winners and sincere thanks to all of the ten candidates for their dedicated civic efforts.

Now the real work begins. Vetting the nominee candidates by the the New York State Police, getting Governor Spitzer to nominate the winning candidates and then approved by the State Senate.

For comparison purposes with other Roosevelt Island elections the Main Street WIRE reports that in 2006 Governor Spitzer received a total of 1363 votes, Senator Clinton received a total of 1315 votes, Congress Member Maloney received a total of 1351 votes, State Senator Serrano received a total of 1248 votes and former Assembly Member Grannis received a total of 1282 votes.

I think the legitimacy of this election cannot now be challenged given the fact that more ballots were cast by Roosevelt Islanders for these RIOC Board nominees than were cast for any of the local Roosevelt Island elected officials including Governor Spitzer. Assuming the winning candidates pass background checks they should be appointed to the RIOC Board.