As it turns out, Dante de Blasio, the son of Mayor Bill de Blasio, was not afforded that privacy. Those voters include the mayor’s son and a former New York City deputy mayor, Robert K. Steel. “I am appalled by this violation of my privacy,” said Dante de Blasio, a registered Democrat, via a spokesman for his father, the mayor. “My main concern is not that people will know who I voted for, but rather that the B.O.E. Hundreds of my fellow voters have had their right to a private ballot violated by the B.O.E.’s blatant carelessness.

Source: New York Times September 20, 2021 20:31 UTC