"Emergency ballots" refers to backup voting papers or forms that are used in situations where there are unexpected issues, such as technical problems or running out of regular ballots, during an election. Full definition
Unofficial results were not available to the public according to the BOE and will not be made available until next week however, unofficial tallies indicate with 862 votes for the District Leader position, Vazquez could find the extra four votes she needs to win with 316 absentee ballots and 50 emergency ballots yet to be counted. (queens-politics.com)
The board completed its count of nearly 3,200 absentee, affidavit and emergency ballots Friday and is expected to certify the results Monday, Gugerty and Ryan said. (newsday.com)
There were more than 19,000 paper ballots submitted Tuesday, including emergency ballots submitted by voters whose machines were broken — which could be enough to nudge Bill de Blasio's vote count below the 40 percent required to avoid a runoff. (dnainfo.com)