Yonkers Insider: Town of Greenburgh Desk.

Thousands of Westchester voters will be casting their ballots for President of the United States for Congress and State Legislative positions by absentee ballots (mail ballots). With the postal service being very unreliable voters have no way of knowing whether their ballot was received or accepted by the Board of Elections. The Westchester County Board of Elections should implement a tracking system to enable voters to track their ballots just like we're able to track packages. It's not rocket science. And should widely publicize.

Would reduce long lines at early voting sites and on election day. A Colorado software company i3logix developed such a system that tracks by-mail ballots like packages. North Carolina has signed on to the system that enables voters to track their ballots. California has a website: where's my ballot. Voters type in name, birthday and zip code and they get updates about the status of their ballot. Builds confidence.