Shock: NBC Admits New York’s Mail-In Ballot System Is a ‘Fiasco’

From the very top of the video portion of the segment, McFadden was critical of New York. “Tonight, six weeks after the New York Democratic primary, congressional candidate Raj Patel doesn't know if he won or lost. Because election officials have yet to announce a winner,” she told viewers.

She added: “The reason? Ten times more New Yorkers, a whopping 1.8 million, requested absentee ballots than did four years ago. Experts tell NBC News New York election officials were woefully unprepared.”
It’s worth noting that this is the first time any weekday broadcast network evening newscast dedicated airtime to New York’s bungled election.

McFadden even threw Democratic Governor Andrew Cuomo under the bus for his role in the still-unfolding saga:

Governor Andrew Cuomo had tried to make the process easier by sending postage paid envelopes with all requested ballots. But that ended up backfiring. Because to be counted, ballots need to be postmarked with a date. Something the post office doesn't usually do for prepaid metered mail. So those ballots, thousands of them, were not counted.