As we approach what could be the most consequential election of our lifetimes, there are some good government groups that are urging New York to revamp the state’s local boards of election.

They argue that the boards are patronage mills, and that many workers haven’t been professionally trained, although that’s not always the case.

There was a recent situation in Onondaga County where the county Board of Elections needed the intervention of the state to help it work through a backlog of voter applications. 

The executive director of New York Common Cause, Susan Lerner, spoke with Capital Tonight host Susan Arbetter.