In New York City, voters who say they were blocked from casting a ballot in last month’s New York presidential primary packed a Board of Elections hearing Tuesday. Some 126,000 Brooklyn voters were purged from the Democratic rolls ahead of the primary. Voting rights activist Yvonne Gougelet spoke out.

Yvonne Gougelet: “May 5th, the New York City Board of Elections has to hand over their primary results, and that percentage, that number, is certified. If those votes are certified, no evidence that we find will matter in the court of law. If the votes are certified by the New York City Board of Elections on May 5th at 3:30 p.m., nothing that we find in the future is going to change that primary result. And so, we, as activists, are working alongside with the lawyers in court, Election Justice USA. They are fighting to get a court order. They are trying to stop the elections from getting certified. We are here at the Board of Elections to put pressure on them, ask questions, tell them what happened, find out what’s going on.”