"We will try to replace more than 200 district officials who have been implicated or who have not been following correct guidelines to make this election transparent and credible,".

VOA: standard.2009.10.21

Long-time Murtha aide and Democrat Mark Critz won that seat Tuesday in a conservative district that voted for Republican John McCain over Democrat Barack Obama in the 2008 presidential election.

VOA: standard.2010.05.19

You go to the table for your election district, sign in, and then wait while an election worker laboriously writes onto a paper form your voter identification information.

FORBES: New York's New Voting System Is a Disaster

You went to the table for your election district, signed in, went to a big old steel mechanical voting machine made in Jamestown, New York, pulled a big lever, set small levers for all the candidates you wanted, pulled the big lever back, and were done.

FORBES: New York's New Voting System Is a Disaster

In choosing the Democratic Liu from a crowded field of candidates in this year's election, District Council 37 of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees underscored the populist tenor of his campaign.

WSJ: Big NYC public-employee union picks Liu for mayor