Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer and Public Advocate Bill de Blasio blasted the Department of Education for what they say are flawed elections for Community Education Council members.

The officials said they want a taskforce to consider whether an independent body should take over the CEC elections.

They said the problem began when DOE officials had to extend the application deadline for the seats because there were too few candidates.

Parents also said they were given wrong information about candidate qualifications.

Schools Chancellor Dennis Walcott admitted the process could have been handled better and postponed the elections for one week, but Stringer said that is not enough.

"It's hard to imagine that if these shenanigans were going on in City Council elections, anyone would think a week was adequate time to clean things up, and for the vote to mean anything meaningful," said Stringer.

"To see the election system, the thing that should guarantee the value and the importance of the CECs undermined in such a blatant manner, it just makes clear that the Department of Education doesn't care to get it right, and we've got to fix that," said de Blasio.

The councils have limited power, but are seen as one of the few links between parents and the Department of Education.