Vote down this waste

Like locusts, the pests of the Reform Party, with only 360 registered voters out of 4,420,737 in the city, are once again causing the city Board of Elections to waste money, over a million dollars, to conduct essentially empty primary elections. Thanks a lot. That goes for the Legislature, too, which created this opportunity by having separate congressional elections, wasting $25 million.

Brooklyn’s Rep. Nydia Velázquez is a lock for another term, with no Democratic primary opponents. Rep. José Serrano from the Bronx is, too.

But the Reform Party submitted petitions containing a single signature each to compel the Board of Elections to hold a June primary in those two districts — for Reform voters to write in their choice for the dubious honor of having that worthless ballot line in November.

They did this two years ago in four districts; the board responded by only opening a few polling places to handle the tiny number of Reform voters.

The Reform Party then changed its rules to let both Reform and unaffiliated voters participate. So it’s not just the 59 Reform voters who can cast ballots but 113,518. Which means now the board will need 230 polling places and 5,000 workers paid at least $200 each.

Reform this, right now.