Not exact matches
Representatives from across the political spectrum have spoken out against plans which could delay the
counting of general
election votes until the following morning - rather than the dramatic all -
night count.
The public has added its voice to a mounting campaign to keep the traditional all -
night general
election vote
count - rather than move it to the following morning.
New York City
Elections Commissioner J.C. Polanco thinks September will be «a public - relations nightmare» unless changes are made to the vote
counting procedure on
election night.
1) While the conventional wisdom is that Gipson indeed will maintain a good portion of his
election night lead and ultimately prevail over his GOP opponent, Sen. Steve Saland, Saland hasn't yet conceded and the paper ballot
count is not yet complete.
COUNT»EM: Eliot Spitzer last
night flashes a smile along with some of the 27,000 signatures at Board of
Election HQ.
Indeed, Jerry Goldfeder, an
election law guru, went on Inside City Hall night as well, explaining the lack of anything in state law compelling the board to count votes by hand on Elect
election law guru, went on Inside City Hall
night as well, explaining the lack of anything in state law compelling the board to
count votes by hand on
ElectionElection Day.
According to unofficial
election night totals from the New York City Board of
Elections, Vance received more than 90 percent of votes, with just under 10 percent of votes going to candidates on write - in ballots, which are still being
counted.
AV IS EXPENSIVE: Under AV we won't be able to
count ballot papers by hand on
election night if we want a quick, decisive
election result.
On
election night, unofficial results showed the former Queens NYC councilman leading the Republican lawmaker by some 3,000 votes — 25,864 to 22,781 votes — with 100 percent of the precincts
counted.
Toulon and Zacarese vied to replace Sheriff Vincent DeMarco in the Nov. 7
election that was too close to call on
election night and required
counting of more than 14,000 absentee ballots.
Sadly this invaluable book can not tell us in advance if this is going to happen but it does provide the information to help guide even the most statistically illiterate person as to what will be going on during the
election and will come into its own during the long
night of
counting after the polls have closed, if returning offi cers up and down the country do not have their way and pull the plug on
counting in a majority of the seats immediately after the polls have closed.
Zac Goldsmith has elegantly won the key Tory seat of Richmond Park after an
election night count as close as the campaign which preceded it.
A number of
counting errors have made the race much close than reported on
election night.
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.
I was somewhat concerned that the Government's amendment gave too much wriggle room to returning officers - but the measure was passed into law last week, and it clearly focused minds as over 100 more returning officers have informed the Electoral Commission in the last week that they will indeed be
counting on General
Election Night.
The New York Observer, reporting Tuesday
night from Liu's
election party in Bayside, said he told his supporters that «every vote must be
counted.»
After nearly screwing up the contentious primary between Rep. Charlie Rangel and State Sen. Adriano Espaillat, the troubled board voted unanimously Tuesday to immediately update the way it
counts ballots on
election night.
Despite winning both special
elections last
night and now holding a numeric majority in the Senate, Brooklyn Democrat Simcha Felder played spoiler even before the votes were
counted, declaring in the afternoon that he's staying put and casting his lot with the GOP.
Behind by nearly a thousand votes on the
night of the
election, Smyth said she was going to wait for the absentee ballots to be
counted.
Former Southampton Town Supervisor Anna Throne - Holst's primary
night lead of 29 votes has increased to 188 after 46 percent of absentee ballots were
counted Thursday at the Suffolk County Board of
Elections.
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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.
David Storobin's lead over NYC Councilman Lew Fidler in the 27th SD special
election has shrunk to just 37 votes — 83 votes less than the
election night tally showing a 120 - vote lead — after a day of ballot
counting down in NYC.
Polls will be open from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. each day during the early voting period, including Saturdays and Sundays, and ballots cast during the early voting period would be
counted at the close of the polls on
Election Day and included in the election nigh
Election Day and included in the
election nigh
election night tally.
Election night veterans have been telling me that 20 years ago there simply wasn't this kind of information emerging from
counts.
On
Election Night Tuesday, Espaillat was down by about 1,800 votes — but said the race was «too close to call» and vowed he'd wait until every paper ballot was
counted before making a move.
«Eric Pickles calls for the Electoral Commission to give Returning Officers an «unambiguous steer» that not
counting votes on General
Election Night would be in defiance of Parliament Main Captions please...»
After I launched the campaign to Save General
Election Night to ensure that votes are counted and results delivered overnight at the general election, a number of spurious arguments have been offered for wanting to overturn the traditional Thursday count in favour of Friday morning
Election Night to ensure that votes are
counted and results delivered overnight at the general
election, a number of spurious arguments have been offered for wanting to overturn the traditional Thursday count in favour of Friday morning
election, a number of spurious arguments have been offered for wanting to overturn the traditional Thursday
count in favour of Friday morning
counts.
Labate did not concede on
election night, noting there were still more than 580 absentee ballots to be
counted throughout the district.
Recent
elections, including the Congressional contest between Rep. Charles Rangel and State Sen. Adriano Espaillat, have seen
election night totals come in drastically different from the eventual official
count.
Eric Pickles uncovers evidence that proves that Thursday
night general
election counts are perfectly viable
When all the ballots were
counted on
Election Night, Do had bounced back to take a 2 - vote lead.
While
election night counting in Alaska can have its own complications, a close race would mean waiting for mailed absentee ballots to come in.
But primary
elections have notoriously low turnouts so every vote
counts and the job won't be done till the last voting moment at 9PM Tuesday
night!
This is the exact same total as the Board of
Elections had last
night, and the remaining machines
counted today all contained zero votes.
Local
elections officials
counted about 2,500 of the 3,300 absentees last
night, but those votes were NOT included in the unofficial total.
Why not
count those ballots — in strict secrecy — before the machine vote and add the results
election night?
The
count for Brotton ward was suspended on
election night after 2 recounts and completed the following day.
The vote
count at Board of
Elections headquarters on Wall Street was the final act in a drama that began as polls closed on primary
night, Sept. 13, with Clement holding a 648 - 642 lead over Gallo.
This
election -
night tally is subject to change as absentee ballots are
counted this week.
Whatever my personal preference for as many
election night counts as possible, which is as strong as yours, that does mean that as the Secretary of State with sponsoring responsibility for the Electoral Commission and for
election law, I must not improperly seek to interfere with the necessary discretion of Returning Officers, or the capacity of the Electoral Commission to give advice as they think appropriate.
The first
count and three subsequent recounts on the
night of the
election had given Davidson a narrow majority, but after the ballot boxes were locked away overnight, two more recounts gave victory to the Conservative.
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Election Night is raised in the Commons again as a ComRes poll shows overwhelming backing from MPs and PPCs for overnight
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