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‘An impossible position’: Despite precautions, petitioning exposed Queens City Council campaigns to COVID-19

By Jacob Kaye & Angélica Acevedo Posted on
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City Council candidate Amit Bagga was already facing an uphill battle. A first-time candidate running in one of the most crowded races in the city, Bagga and his team needed to collect hundreds of signatures from voters in order to get his name on the ballot.

However, the real complications began when Bagga and several members of his campaign staff learned they had been exposed to a person with COVID-19. Though signatures still needed to be collected, Bagga had to go into a 14-day quarantine during the final week of petitioning.

See the full article at QNS.com

‘An impossible position’: Despite precautions, petitioning exposed Queens City Council campaigns to COVID-19

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