The Nassau County District Attorney’s Office confirmed Thursday that it has opened an investigation into allegations of election fraud in the May vote for an open seat on the Hempstead school board.
The school district has said a new election for the trustee position would be held on Aug. 17.
The DA’s office began reviewing the fraud allegations after Hempstead school officials referred findings from an internal report that found April Keys, the district clerk in charge of the election, conspired to keep incumbent Victor Pratt, her favored candidate, in office.
Austin Graff, a school district attorney appointed to investigate the alleged misconduct, found Keys failed to safeguard election materials and could not explain how ripped-up cast ballots ended up in a garbage bag recovered by Graff and Anthony Fasano, another attorney working for the Hempstead district, on May 26.
The ripped-up…
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