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Exclusive | Dead voters’ signatures appear on Dem candidate’s forms: ‘Our democracy nowadays’

Nypost · · 686 words · By Matthew Fischetti
Political Corruption Democratic Party Infighting Election Integrity
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13 claims extracted and verified against multiple sources including cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia.

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“The signatures of two dead Brooklyn voters appeared on a Democratic candidate’s nominating petitions”
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The claim is mentioned in a specific context within the 'Internewscast Journal' and related search snippets, but the other web results provided for this claim discuss Michigan elections, not Brooklyn. Only one relevant source (Internewscast Journal/related snippet) supports this specific claim about Mirville-Shahzada.
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web search NEUTRAL — The Michigan Democratic Party is challenging nominating petitions for three Republican candidates for Governor. The complaints against campaigns for Tudor Dixon, James Craig, and Perry Johnson allege …
https://www.wvpe.org/michigan-news/2022-04-28/democrats-alle…
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web search NEUTRAL — Nominating petitions for state and local office hopefuls are due today, and Sen. Patty Ritchie claims four times the required number of signatures have been collected to get her on the ballot to run a…
https://www.northcountrynow.com/news/election-nominating-pet…
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web search NEUTRAL — Johnson, who was booted from the ballot in 2022 in a voter signature fraud scandal, faces a new challenge to his nominating petitions to get on the Aug."Dead persons are not eligible to vote in Michig…
https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/politics/2026/05/07/m…
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“90% of her 5,258 total signatures have been invalidated by the city Board of Elections”
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The 'Internewscast Journal' snippet explicitly mentions that the city Board of Elections invalidated 90% of her 5,258 collected signatures. No other independent sources in the provided evidence corroborate this specific statistic.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The City University of New York (CUNY, pronounced KYOO-nee) is the public university system of New York City, United States. It is the largest urban university system in the United States, comprising…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_University_of_New_York
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The mayor of New York City is the chief executive of the Government of New York City, as stipulated by New York City's charter. The current officeholder, the 112th in the sequence of regular mayors, i…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mayors_of_New_York_Cit…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The New York City police commissioner is the head of the New York City Police Department and presiding member of the Board of Commissioners. The commissioner is appointed by and serves at the pleasure…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City_Police_Commissio…
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“Some 3,000 people who supposedly signed the petitions... lived out of the district or were not registered to vote”
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The 'Internewscast Journal' snippet mentions the invalidation of 90% of signatures, which aligns with the claim of approximately 3,000 people being invalid, but no other independent source confirms the specific 'out of district' or 'not registered' details.
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web search NEUTRAL — Mirville-Shahzada, who is running for the State Assembly, and her team of Democratic district leaders may find themselves ousted from the Coney Island primaries. The city Board of Elections has invali…
https://internewscast.com/news/us/unveiling-the-scandal-dead…
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web search NEUTRAL — Mirville-Shahzada is running against fellow Democrat Chris McCreight (pictured), the chief-of-staff to the former lefty leaning City Councilman Justin Brannan. Chris McCreight for Assembly/Facebook. “…
https://nypost.com/2026/05/12/us-news/dead-voters-signatures…
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web search NEUTRAL — The city government is also responsible for creating and enforcing regulations that help to maintain the health, safety, and wellbeing of the community. This includes zoning laws, building codes, and …
https://marie4thepeople.com/dalvan-museum-street-art-view/
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“a third signature is from a woman whose family said she wasn’t even in the Big Apple on the day she allegedly put her John Hancock on the form”
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The provided evidence for this claim consists of LinkedIn profiles and unrelated videos; there is no mention of a woman's family claiming she was not in New York City on the day of signing.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — New York's 46th State Assembly district is one of 150 districts of the New York State Assembly. It is currently represented by Republican Alec Brook-Krasny since 2023, defeating Mathylde Frontus. He p…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York's_46th_State_Assembly…
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web search NEUTRAL — Stay Connected. Marie Mirville-Shahzada is a proud daughter of immigrants and a dedicated community leader who has spent 26 years serving New York City’s children as a School Food Service Manage.
https://marie4thepeople.com/ova_doc/road-transport-forms/
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web search NEUTRAL — Marie Mirville-Shahzada. Brooklyn, New York, United States. 118 followers 119 connections.View mutual connections with Marie. Sign in.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/marie-mirville-shahzada-62286b30…
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“social security records noted they both passed in 2010”
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The evidence provided for this claim contains general information about the Social Security Administration and unrelated news about North Carolina, but does not mention the specific records for the voters in the Brooklyn case.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Social security may refer to: Social security, the general notion of a society ensuring basic needs are met Social Security System (Philippines) South African Social Security Agency, an agency of the…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_Security
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — In the United States, a Social Security number (SSN) is a nine-digit number issued to U.S. citizens, permanent residents, and temporary (working) residents under section 205(c)(2) of the Social Securi…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_Security_number
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Welfare spending is a type of government support intended to ensure that members of a society can meet basic human needs such as food and shelter. Social security may either be synonymous with welfare…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welfare_spending
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“Mirville-Shahzada now has a meager 479 valid signatures which is 21 short of the 500 threshold to run for Assembly”
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The evidence provided consists of the candidate's own website and LinkedIn profile, which do not mention the specific number of valid signatures or the threshold for the Assembly.
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web search NEUTRAL — Marie Mirville-Shahzada is a proud Working Democrat and the daughter of Haitian and Dominican immigrants.She is running to ensure that every senior, student, and neighbor has a voice, a seat at the ta…
https://marie4thepeople.com/
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web search NEUTRAL — What's the most transformative thing that you can do for your brain today? Exercise! says neuroscientist Wendy Suzuki. Get inspired to go to the gym as Suzuk...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHY0FxzoKZE
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web search NEUTRAL — Marie Mirville-Shahzada. Brooklyn, New York, United States. 118 followers 119 connections.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/marie-mirville-shahzada-62286b30…
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“Chris McCreight, the chief-of-staff to the former lefty leaning City Councilman Justin Brannan”
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The snippet from the 'Exclusive | Dead voters' signatures...' article explicitly identifies Chris McCreight as the chief-of-staff to former City Councilman Justin Brannan. Other search results for 'Chris' are unrelated to this person.
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web search NEUTRAL — Chris Hemsworth ... Christopher Hemsworth AM (born 11 August 1983) is an Australian actor and film producer. Born and raised in Melbourne, Victoria, and Bulman, Northern Territory, he rose to prominen…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Hemsworth
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web search NEUTRAL — Chris is a short form of various names including Christopher, Christian, Christina, and Christine. [1] Chris is also used as a name in its own right, but it is not as common.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris
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web search NEUTRAL — Chris Hemsworth. Actor: The Avengers. Christopher "Chris" Hemsworth was born on August 11, 1983 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia to Leonie Hemsworth (née van Os), an English teacher & Craig Hemsworth…
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1165110/
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“34 of Mirville-Shahzada’s 479 signatures will also be examined by the Kings County Supreme Court to determine whether there any are forgeries”
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The evidence provided for this claim discusses the Sacramento Kings and Los Angeles Kings sports teams, which are completely irrelevant to the Kings County Supreme Court.
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web search NEUTRAL — The Kings are the oldest team in the NBA, and the first team in the major professional North American sports leagues located in Sacramento. The team plays its home games at Golden 1 Center.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacramento_Kings
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web search NEUTRAL — lakings.com is the official Web site of the Los Angeles Kings. Los Angeles Kings is a trademark of Los Angeles Kings, LLC.
https://www.nhl.com/kings/
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web search NEUTRAL — In his first NBA season, Clifford is being recogniz... Sacramento Kings live scores, game highlights, latest news, and updates.
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“she has filed paperwork to challenge in court the BOE’s decision to eliminate the signatures”
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“Shahzada has been an outspoken supporter of the controversial $3 billion Coney Island Casino proposal”
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“The district... is currently repped by Republican Assemblyman Alec Brook-Krasny”
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“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”
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“The Democratic primary will occur on June 23 and the November general election will be held on Nov. 3”
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