WEST NEW YORK — Dr. Felix Roque’s Together We Can Campaign released a press release Wednesday alleging that the current mayoral administration of Sal Vega, whom Roque is challenging for re-election, has taken steps to stack the polls with pro-Vega poll workers on Election Day – an allegation that West New York Town Clerk Carmela Riccie says is “not true” and “unfair.”
Dr. Roque and his team – Count J. Wiley, Caridad Rodriguez, FiorD’Aliza Frias, and Ruben Vargas – are running against Vega and the current Board of Commissioners, who are running for re-election on May 10.
In the press release, Roque alleges that over a dozen poll workers who had worked at local polls in past years were notified that their services were not needed for this election, with no explanation rendered.
According to Riccie, Roque “jumped the gun,” and these are “premature accusations.” West New York poll workers are chosen in an ongoing process, she said, and people not reappointed in the first step of the process can be re-appointed in successive steps.
A letter was sent yesterday by the Together We Can campaign to the state Division of Elections and other law enforcement officials requesting an investigation into the matter.