Sentences with phrase «ballots by affidavit»

At a press conference late Monday, Cuomo announced that he would allow voters in affected areas to cast ballots by affidavit for president and statewide races at any polling place in the state.

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The law wouldn't turn away voters who show up without ID, but would have them fill out an affidavit ballot to be reviewed by the Board of Elections.

The machine votes for the 14th District Council race have been re-counted, all the paper ballots (absentee and affidavit) have been tallied and Fernando Cabrera is still in the lead over Maria Baez by about 69 votes, said Democratic County Chairman Carl Heastie in a phone interview.

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.

Bronx 86AD update: After opening 153 absentee, affidavit, military, and special [cast by BOE employees and poll workers] ballots, challenger Hector Ramirez overcame a 29 vote deficit to take a six vote lead over Assemblyman Victor Pichardo.

At 14 percent of sites, the auditors said, affidavit ballots were mishandled by poll workers — potentially leading to votes not getting counted.

By late Wednesday afternoon, Mr. Brooks — a longtime Republican running as a Democrat — had declared victory after a count of absentee and affidavit ballots.

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.

Altschuler currently trails Bishop by 14 votes with 5,004 ballots (43.7 % of absentee / affidavit) left to be counted.

The Democratic primary ballot in Brooklyn contains a misprint, with the word «affidavit» being misspelled, according to this photo sent to us by a reader.

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.

The search warrant application includes hundreds of pages of ballots, witness and voter statements, and an affidavit by a State Police investigator.

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.

With the results still uncertain in Rep. Charlie Rangel's most difficult primary battle so far, attention has turned to the opening of absentee and affidavit ballots by the city Board of Election.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

«He's behind like 5 points and I know by experience the affidavit ballot has never made any difference in any candidate in any election in New York City.»

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.

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.

(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.