Sentences with phrase «counting of absentee»

The counting of absentee ballots left the Fresno Unified School District's bond referendum with 63.8 percent of the vote, shy of the two - thirds majority required.

Leifeld, seeking a twelfth term held a 741 - 706 lead over Johansen, who would have win by 49 - 12 in the counting of the absentee ballots, a high improbability, in order to overtake the incumbent.

What many now believe is that the GOP was trying to determine who voted absentee for Murphy, so that in the subsequent key counting of the absentee ballots, the Tedisco campaign would be able to challenge the absentee ballots of those Murphy voters before the envelopes were even opened - a real no - no and against the law.

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.

Glenn Choolokian's campaign wants both the Republican and Democratic commissioners in the Niagara County Board of Elections to recuse themselves in the counting of absentee ballots in the Democratic mayoral primary.

QUEENSBURY — Counting of absentee and provisional ballots that were impounded immediately following the Nov 8 election resumed this week, updating vote tallies for several close local races.

QUEENSBURY — The final results of several races in the Nov. 8 election were put on hold this week, as a court order halted the counting of absentee and provisional ballots across an 11 - county region.

Barrett says she looks forward to adding to her victory with the counting of absentee ballots.

The counting of absentee ballots from Onondaga County, where the most absentees come from, and Wayne County won't begin until Nov. 17.

The counting of the absentee ballots began on Thursday and was expected to be done by the end of the day on Friday or possibly Monday.

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.

At 9 a.m., there will be a hearing in Saratoga County Court at which a judge will set the ground rules for the recanvassing of the machine vote and counting of absentee ballot votes in the 43rd SD primary race between Sen. Roy McDonald and County Clerk Kathy Marchione.

John Perry, his town's former assessor and a longtime fixture for his coaching of local kids» sports teams, will be the new town supervisor in Hurley after the counting of absentee ballots on Monday, November 20 gave him 13 more votes than former Woodstock supervisor and now West Hurley resident Tracy Kellogg, who was making her third run for the position on Democratic, Green and Working Family party lines.

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.»

Republicans mulled court action on the grounds that party lawyers were prevented from observing the counting of some absentee ballots, voting machines erroneously recorded votes from Lamb, and voters were confused by some information from the state election Web site.

I don't know why Bonnie Parker's poem popped into my head after the counting of the absentee ballots last week relegated John Parete to the sidelines.

Village of Catskill Final tally, after the counting of the absentee ballots: Joe Kozloski 317, Peter Grasse 264 — Joe by 53 votes.

The results remain unofficial pending the counting of absentee ballots.

«We're obviously thrilled, but realize there still needs to be the counting of the absentee ballots.»

«With counting of absentee ballots now nearly concluded, it is clear that John Brooks will be the next State Senator from New York's 8th District,» said Nassau County Democratic Chairman Jay Jacobs.

Saratoga County Clerk Kathy Marchione was up 106 votes heading into today's counting of absentee ballots in Rensselaer County and Washington County.

The county elections board will begin its count of absentee ballots on April 27, and expects to finish by the end of next week, Gugerty said.

In a prepared statement, Saland, R - Poughkeepsie, said he conceded after learning the final count of absentee ballots and affidavits.

Tomorrow is the official count of absentee ballots and nobody is more excited than Martha Flores Vazquez who is anticipating a victory for the District Leader post in AD 40 Part B located in Flushing.

Bishop's attorney, Thomas Garry, is planning to file legal paperwork asking a Suffolk judge to order a hand recount of the 185,000 ballots cast, and elections officials are preparing to begin the count of absentee ballots, perhaps as soon as Tuesday, elections officials said.

After a count of absentee ballots, there is a winner of Troy's Democratic mayoral primary.

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

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.

The outcome is subject to the count of absentee and provisional ballots — 95 were sent out and 70 were returned as of Election Day.

«I thought that if I could get my message out and talk to voters face - to - face I could win,» said Polacco on Sept. 23 following a final count of absentee ballots which delivered him the victory.

She currently trails Joe Miller by 1,668 votes, as the count of absentee and early votes begins Tuesday.

In a Board of Elections count of absentee ballots that concluded Friday, Ms. Throne - Holst garnered 1,003 votes to opponent Dave Calone's 743 absentee votes.

A count of absentee and affidavit ballots will determine who will be Glen Cove's mayor, Tim Tenke, left, or Reginald Spinello.

But just before the machine was locked down and while the count of absentee ballots was under way, Mr. Swiskey asked that the candidates be allowed to view the machine.

A judge ordered a stop to the count of absentee ballots after Lane filed the lawsuit and scheduled a court hearing for Tuesday.

Not exact matches

Indeed, Cox reiterated much of what we've heard from state Republicans here in Albany, namely that Saland has conducted a solid absentee ballot program and should be OK during that count.

In the case of Florida, state law spells it out clearly: «The ballot of an elector who casts an absentee ballot shall be counted even if the elector dies on or before Election Day.»

However, as of publication, not all the ED's have been counted nor the absentee ballots, so there's still a chance Liu may walk away as the victor, albeit a small one.

With 100 percent of machine votes counted, Anna Throne - Holst, the former Southampton Town supervisor, maintained a razor - thin lead over David Calone in Tuesday's Democratic primary election to represent New York's First Congressional District, and the race will come down to absentee ballots.

If that lead holds, once the absentee ballots are counted, she will face Lee Zeldin, a Republican serving his first term in the House of Representatives, in the Nov. 8 election.

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.

The board of elections says it will take a bit of time before it has a final count from the absentee ballots.

Republican David Storobin is currently ahead in the recount of last Tuesday's special election in Brooklyn, and at least some Democrats see a long - term advantage if his lead holds after all of the absentee ballots are counted later this week.

Brown had 51 percent of the vote before absentee ballots were counted, while city Comptroller Mark J.F. Schroeder had 36 percent, and Erie County Legislator Betty Jean Grant 13 percent.

But now ALL the ballots are paper, and the Democrats (who are the underdogs in most of the cliffhanger Senate races) are starting to question whether all the votes were counted on Election Day — and that's BEFORE we even broach the question of absentees et al..

«Given the outcome of the absentee ballot count, I am honored and gratified the Republican voters have supported and selected me to serve as their candidate,» Saland said in a statement.

McDonald, one of four GOP senators last year to approve same - sex marriage, is most likely at this point going to lose the Republican line to Saratoga County Clerk Kathy Marchione as the absentee ballot count in the primary race shows him falling irrevocably behind.

It's not a wholly surprising development, given that Saland was leading in the absentee ballot count after this month's primary election, but it is an important one for Senate Republicans, given the concern that Di Carlo's gaining of Row B would give Democratic candidate Terry Gipson an edge in winning this November.

Absentee ballots returned by U.S. Mail must be postmarked no later than May 7 and received by boards of elections by this date to be counted