{"id":9275,"date":"2026-05-12T10:26:02","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T10:26:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=9275"},"modified":"2026-05-12T10:26:02","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T10:26:02","slug":"dead-voters-signatures-appear-on-dem-candidates-forms-our-democracy-nowadays","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=9275","title":{"rendered":"Dead voters&#8217; signatures appear on Dem candidate&#8217;s forms: &#8216;Our democracy nowadays&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <div style=\"display: grid; grid-template-columns: 300px 160px; gap: 2px; width: 460px; background: #eee; padding: 2px;\">\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u6574\u884c\u5bbd\u5e7f\u544a -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column: 1\/-1; width: 460px; height: 250px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876674\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column: 1\/-1; width: 460px; height: 90px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876676\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u5de6\u4fa7\u7ad6\u6392 -->\r\n  <div style=\"height: 250px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876672\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  <div style=\"height: 500px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876680\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u53f3\u4fa7\u6469\u5929\u697c\uff08\u548c\u5de6\u4fa7\u5b8c\u5168\u5bf9\u9f50\uff09 -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-row: 3\/5; height: 750px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876678\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  \r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e6\" data-zoneid=\"5876682\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n<\/div><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The signatures of two dead Brooklyn voters appeared on a Democratic candidate\u2019s nominating petitions \u2014 and now she\u2019s at risk of being kicked off the primary ballot, The Post has learned.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>Some 3,000 people who supposedly signed the petitions \u2014 which are required to run for office \u2014 lived out of the district or were not registered to vote.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>State Assembly candidate Marie Mirville-Shahzada could be removed from the Democratic primary. <span class=\"credit\">Marie4ThePeople<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A review of signature petitions by The Post confirmed that at least two signatures are of dead voters while a third signature is from a woman whose family said she wasn\u2019t even in the Big Apple on the day she allegedly put her John Hancock on the form.<\/p>\n<p>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\u2019s bid to get into the party primary.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>And 99-year-old Lucia Gelbfish\u2019s family said she didn\u2019t sign the petition either and that her \u201cblood pressure would go through the roof\u201d if she knew her signature had been used fraudulently.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was a little incensed only because years ago you didn\u2019t hear things like this. This is our democracy nowadays. It\u2019s very sad,\u201d her daughter, Sharon Gelbfish, told The Post.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Attempts to reach relatives of the deceased voters were unsuccessful but social security records noted they both passed in 2010.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is why people lose faith in government, because you have people running for office who are willing to lie and cheat because they can\u2019t compete by following the rules,\u201d McCreight said in a statement.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Mirville-Shahzada is running against fellow Democrat Chris McCreight (pictured), the chief-of-staff to the former lefty leaning City Councilman Justin Brannan. <span class=\"credit\">Chris McCreight for Assembly\/Facebook<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s dead wrong and should not be tolerated when anybody, of any party, does it.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Now, 34 of Mirville-Shahzada\u2019s 479 signatures will also be examined by the Kings County Supreme Court to determine whether there any are forgeries.<\/p>\n<p>Mirville-Shahzada denied that her staff \u201cwould have done anything\u201d as they \u201cknocked on every door\u201d and that she would give an \u201cofficial comment\u201d later but did not respond to any follow up request for comment.<\/p>\n<p>Sources told The Post she has filed paperwork to challenge in court the BOE\u2019s decision to eliminate the signatures.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe see signatures get invalidated in races on a regular basis but the fact that 90% of them have been invalidated is just a stunningly high number,\u201d said Grace Rauh, executive director of good government group Citizens Union.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis certainly strikes me as a case that merits additional investigation and some real scrutiny to see what was going on here. It\u2019s bewildering because it\u2019s so vast,\u201d Rauh told The Post.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>The primary will occur on June 23. The general election will be on Nov. 3. <span class=\"credit\">Rawpixel.com \u2013 stock.adobe.com<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Alex Camarda, senior policy adviser for government watchdog group Reinvent Albany, said that a wider investigation should be launched.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen you look a this collectively with all of these improprieties together, it certainly raises a lot of questions and should be investigated by the Board of Elections,\u201d he told The Post.<\/p>\n<p>A BOE spokesperson said that the board does not independently conduct investigations into fraudulent claims but did not comment on whether any potential investigation would be referred to the Brooklyn District Attorney\u2019s office.<\/p>\n<p>Shahzada has been an outspoken supporter of the controversial $3 billion Coney Island Casino proposal, which the former councilman voted against.<\/p>\n<p>The district, which stretches from Coney Island to Bay Ridge, is currently repped by Republican Assemblyman Alec Brook-Krasny \u2014 who did not face any challenges for the GOP nomination.<\/p>\n<p>Registered Democrats outnumber Republicans by a nearly 2-to-1 ratio and registered independents outnumber the roughly 19,000 registered Republicans in the 85,000 registered voters in the district.<\/p>\n<p>The Democratic primary will occur on June 23 and the November general election will be held on Nov. 3.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- \u603b\u5bb9\u5668\uff1a\u6700\u5927\u5bbd908px Grid\u7d27\u51d1\u5e03\u5c40 -->\r\n<div style=\"display: grid; 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