Absentee,
affidavit ballot count gives mayor a 13 - vote edge, but results won't be finalized until after Thanksgiving.
Absentee and
affidavit ballot counting from last Thursday's primary race in the 63rd State Senate District will now be overseen by a State Supreme Court judge.
Not exact matches
According to two County Board of Elections commissioners, there were still around 2,000
affidavit ballots and 1,300 absentee
ballots left to be
counted, leaving a slim possibility that Assini could have caught up.
[4] With all precincts reporting, but before all absentee and
affidavit ballots were
counted, Slaughter had 93,053 votes to Assini's 92,471.
Suffolk elections officials on Friday began the lengthy process of
counting the 16,690 absentee and
affidavit ballots in the tightly contested countywide sheriff's race, starting with the county's smallest town, Shelter Island.
Elections officials also will
count any emergency
ballots — cast when a machine breaks down — and
affidavit ballots, which generally are cast when there are questions about a voter's registration or address.
There's also a too - close - to - call race out on Long Island in Suffolk County's 3rd AD, where Republican Assemblyman Dean Murray holds an unofficial lead of 36 votes over his Democratic challenger, Edward Hennessey, with thousands of
affidavit and absentee
ballots yet to be
counted.
In a prepared statement, Saland, R - Poughkeepsie, said he conceded after learning the final
count of absentee
ballots and
affidavits.
The city Board of Elections said the results available are unofficial and there will be a
counting of all paper
ballots, which includes
affidavit, absentee and overseas
ballots, among others.
(There may be a few
affidavit ballots left to
count as well.)
While Espaillat declared victory, Wright would not concede the race Tuesday night and called for absentee and
affidavit ballots to be
counted, renewed allegations of voter suppression by a pro-Espaillat group and called for an investigation by the Department of Justice.
The race for town justice is a close one, with absentee
ballots and
affidavits yet to be
counted.
The Clinton County Board of Elections is set to
count over 51 absentees and
affidavit ballots on April 3, after this edition went to print.
Past midnight on Election Night, Majestic had 1,002 votes on the Republican and Conservative Party lines; challenger Lisa Lindsley was breathing down her neck with 981 votes on the Democratic, Working Families and Women's Equality Party lines; and 124 absentee
ballots plus an undetermined number of
affidavits still remained to be
counted.
The number of Onondaga County voters who either filled out
affidavit ballots or went before a judge to try to get their vote
counted was higher than normal for a presidential primary, said Czarny, although he noted that there are no historical numbers from past presidential primaries to use as a comparison.
State Senator Tim Kennedy's margin is rising slowly as absentee,
affidavit, and military
ballots are
counted in the very tight race.
Again, this race could be too close to call without the absentee and
affidavit ballots yet to be
counted.
At 14 percent of sites, the auditors said,
affidavit ballots were mishandled by poll workers — potentially leading to votes not getting
counted.
The Erie County Board of Elections has spent the week
counting absentee and
affidavit ballots after a machine
count showed Kennedy with a lead of less than 100 votes.
There are 410
affidavit ballots that have yet to be
counted and many of them come from the city, near Grant's home in the Masten District.
By late Wednesday afternoon, Mr. Brooks — a longtime Republican running as a Democrat — had declared victory after a
count of absentee and
affidavit ballots.
Storobin emerged with a 120 - vote lead on election night, but his margin of victory shrank to just three votes after the Board of Elections
counted half of the more than 700 absentee
ballots and
affidavits.
Altschuler currently trails Bishop by 14 votes with 5,004
ballots (43.7 % of absentee /
affidavit) left to be
counted.
Still to be
counted: 2,455 absentee and 1,070
affidavit ballots, which the Democrats say were returned with an advantage to Oppenheimer.
«Absentee
ballots will be
counted as part of the process, as will the
affidavit votes.»
Following Tuesday's
count of 55 absentee and
affidavit ballots, Henry, a Republican, secured a 20 - vote victory over Democrat Jerry Marking.
The Onondaga County Board of Elections reported Republican Fayetteville village Justice Thomas Miller held a 2,588 - vote lead over Cuffy at the conclusion of Tuesday's
count of absentee and
affidavit ballots.
Davis said the Clinton County Board of Elections failed to follow proper election rules by not allowing him to attend a hand
count of absentee
ballots and
affidavits on Nov. 15.
Richman said Thursday's
counting of the absentee and
affidavit ballots would include «two bipartisan members from each borough, a watcher and a note taker at the table to make objections to open or not open specific
ballots.»
The outcome of the primary then will be decided by 103 absentee
ballots and an undetermined number of
affidavit votes — votes cast by voters whose eligibility to vote could not immediately be determined at the polling place — which will be
counted at the Ulster County Board of Elections on Wednesday Sept. 21, starting at 10 a.m. Absentee
ballots needed to be postmarked by Sept. 13 and received no later than Sept. 21.
He is trailing behind Rangel by just 802 votes, with over 2,000 absentee and
affidavit ballots left to be
counted.
Mr. Espaillat has yet to concede the race, waiting for the Board of Elections to
count paper and
affidavit ballots.
Mr. Rangel is now ahead of Mr. Espaillat by only 802 votes, or about 2 percentage points, and more than 2,000 absentee and
affidavit ballots remain to be
counted.
Tkaczyk, who led by about 135 votes when machine votes were
counted, but then fell behind as absentee and
affidavit ballots were
counted, eventually won the battle of those
ballots by taking about 80 percent of the last 91
ballots those judges allowed to be included.
Mr. Espaillat declared victory with a lead of more than 1,000 votes with 97 percent of the scanners reported, but State Assemblyman Keith L.T. Wright, who was running second, refused to concede and demanded that absentee and
affidavit ballots be
counted.
Election officials started the
count of 1,780 absentee
ballots and about 200
affidavits at 2 p.m. Nassau County Board of Elections commissioner David J. Gugerty spoke with Newsday about the process.
Incumbent Democrat Tim Bishop opened up a 235 - vote lead over the GOP's Randy Altschuler as the
counting of absentee and
affidavit ballots in New York's 1st Congressional District race wound down Tuesday.
Final totals of Tuesday's special election won't come until April 3, when the board of elections
counts more than 51 absentee and
affidavit ballots.
On Friday, Absentee and
affidavit ballots were
counted for the final time in the race for the city council's Ward 3... [Read more...]
JAMESTOWN - After
counting absentee and
affidavit ballots for a city council election, the official outcome of the race has yet to be declared.
It is unclear when the race may resolved given
counting of
affidavit and absentee
ballots, or a potential recount.
In total, 1,577 in - person and 106 absentee and
affidavit ballots were
counted.
A
count of absentee and
affidavit ballots will determine who will be Glen Cove's mayor, Tim Tenke, left, or Reginald Spinello.
Nassau County elections officials on Friday are to begin
counting absentee and
affidavit ballots for the Glen Cove mayoral race, in which incumbent Independence Party candidate Reginald Spinello holds a 21 - vote lead over Democratic challenger Timothy Tenke.
Incumbent Reginald Spinello holds a 21 - vote lead over challenger Timothy Tenke, but 310 absentee and
affidavit ballots remain to be
counted.
Two Senate races are yet to be decided, and the
counting of absentee and
affidavit ballots are being challenged in court, a process that could continue for several more weeks.
Last Friday, absentee and
affidavit ballots in the race were
counted in Lockport and showed Dyster with a 65 - vote lead over Choolokian.
Mr. Espaillat, according to unofficial tallies, trails by about 2,000 votes and absentee and
affidavit ballots still need to be
counted.
The new 46th senate district is nearly deadlocked with Republican Assemblyman George Amedore trailing Democratic School Board member Cecilia Tkaczyk by 139 votes with 7500 absentee and
affidavit ballots due to be
counted in the coming weeks.
The Board of Elections is
counting the
affidavit and absentee
ballots in the District 1 City Council race today.