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.
Not exact matches
But while inferences are easier to make based
on actual data, what's more difficult to discern is what happened for numerous voters who were turned away or forced to file
affidavit ballots because they weren't enrolled in a party or at least weren't enrolled in time for the primary they wanted to vote in.
As voters, our only defense is to be armed with knowledge and insist
on an
Affidavit ballot to protect our vote and mitigate any political factors that may have come into play at the polling site.
«In a sworn
affidavit that is part of the paperwork, Assistant District Attorney Eric Seidel states that in an interview
on March 12, Haggerty acknowledged that «he did not disclose to Mayor Bloomberg, his agents, and campaign employees that he was going to keep the money that was budgeted for election day
ballot security operation for himself, because if he did, he would not have received the money.»»
Mr. Espaillat cited a number of what he described as «irregularities»
on Election Day, including an unusual lack of bilingual inspectors, the absence mailed notifications alerting voters to the new Election Day date this year, and Spanish language speakers being handed
affidavit ballots instead of regular ones.
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.
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.
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.
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.
«We attempted to resolve these issues directly with voters and encouraged them to file
affidavit ballots, and we also plan to follow up with BOE
on these complaints,» the spokesperson said.
In the hopes that it's not over for Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, his local volunteers are watching Erie County election workers this week review the
affidavit ballots that were filled out
on primary day by voters whose status to vote was unclear.
Not long after polls opened, Aadahl said he began to get word that poll workers at one New Paltz voting site were denying
affidavit ballots to those who requested them
on orders from elections board officials.
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.
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.
An independent candidate seeking placement
on the general election
ballot must file an
affidavit of identity (the same as that filed by party candidates) and a qualifying petition.
If your name is not
on the voter registration list or the poll ledger, you should be offered an
affidavit ballot, or be given the process by which to seek a court order to allow you to vote, according to state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman.
On Friday, Absentee and
affidavit ballots were counted for the final time in the race for the city council's Ward 3... [Read more...]
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.
The 22
affidavit ballots are for voters whose names were not
on lists at polling places and whose eligibility was verified afterward by elections officials.
Results indicated are based
on updated numbers since Primary night from the Board of Elections that may include absentee and
affidavit ballots.)
His campaign raised issues, including saying that
ballots were not available at a polling place at Carroll Hill Elementary School; that people were discouraged from voting; that voters were asked for ID at polling places at the Rensselaer County Office Building, in which the board offices are located; that the School 12 polling place was locked with no instructions
on how to get inside; and that Wiltshire poll watchers were harassed by board employees about encouraging people to cast
affidavit ballots.
«I'm feeling profoundly snuffed,» Lexie Smith, 27, a baker from Bushwick who wanted to cast her
ballot for Bernie Sanders
on Tuesday — but instead was instructed to vote via
affidavit.
(3) The order may be made
on the judge being satisfied by
affidavit or other evidence
on oath or affirmation that the inspection or production of the
ballot or other document is required for the purpose of instituting or maintaining a prosecution or for the purpose of an action questioning an election or return.