Another discrepancy was found in the total
number of absentee ballots cast.
Sam Roecker, communications director for the Iowa Democratic Party, noted that Democrats have a three - to - one lead over Republicans in
the number of absentee ballots requested.
A Democratic source said
the number of absentee ballots in both of these races was larger than the incumbents» margins of victory.
The candidates for Colonie town clerk will head to court next week after one of them raised concerns about a surge in
the number of absentee ballots cast in the Independence Party primary.
Vote totals need to be certified by the Board of Elections and will include a large
number of absentee ballots.
With the tallying of absentee - ballots near completion, on November 20, 2009, Owens» lead over Hoffman surpassed the total
number of absentee ballots left, making it mathematically impossible for Hoffman to win.
There is also a significant
number of absentee ballots that are still untabulated.
During the legal process, each side accused the other of vote fraud, and a significant
number of absentee ballots were disputed.
It could be another week before outstanding 50,000 outstanding ballots — and an unknown
number of absentee ballots from rural Alaskan villages — are counted.
The Democrats have built a nearly 5 - 1 advantage statewide in
the number of absentee ballots requested as of Wednesday, with 119,318 compared to 24,909 for Republicans, according to the Iowa Secretary of State's Office.
Not exact matches
The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, giving First Draft an exclusive look at its [Iowa]
numbers, says it is ahead
of its Republican counterpart in terms
of absentee ballots requested — 58,000 to 31,000.
Similarly in Florida,
absentee balloting began only Tuesday, but already more than 2.5 million people — nearly one - third
of the total
number of votes cast in 2012 — have requested
ballots.
The
number of absentees to be counted rose from 14,113 the day after election to 15,091 from
ballots arrived by mail within seven days.
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.
But Democratic sources in the Ohio Board
of Elections have confirmed to the Free Press that about 10 percent
of the
absentee ballots cast so far are being rejected because
of a technicality involving obscure driver's license
numbers demanded on the
ballot.
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 S
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 S
Absentee ballots needed to be postmarked by Sept. 13 and received no later than Sept. 21.
Counties used this time to count any
absentee ballots or provisional
ballots not yet counted, to reconcile the
number of signatures on the roster
of registered voters with the
number of ballots recorded on the
ballot statement, to count any valid write - in votes, to reproduce any damaged
ballots, if necessary, and to conduct a hand count
of the
ballots cast in 1 %
of the precincts, chosen at random by the elections official.
This is a relatively optimistic
number for Mr. Fidler, as it is within the realm
of what he could obtain when the 757
absentee ballots are ultimately counted.
With approximately 977
absentee ballots left to be counted, unofficial
numbers showed four - term Democrat incumbent Congressman Tim Bishop with a 263 vote lead over Altschuler, with a total
of more than 194,000 votes cast.
Despite charges
of voter fraud, which included reports from the Altschuler camp and on FoxNews that registered voters in New York City with vacation homes on the East End had cast
absentee ballots in the race here, the
numbers weren't adding up for Mr. Altschuler.
With Mr. Bishop up consistently by about 250 votes during the count
of 11,500
absentee ballots, and the
number of contested
ballots being whittled down by the day — through either concessions or a judge's orders — it became clear that Mr. Altschuler's chances for a turnaround were fading.
Thousands
of absentee ballots are in play and that
number is sure to increase over the next few days.
Results indicated are based on updated
numbers since Primary night from the Board
of Elections that may include
absentee and affidavit
ballots.)
These exact
numbers might change slightly in the next few days once
absentee ballots are counted, but it appears that I have the same percentage
of votes as I did in 2013.
Currently, Democratic challenger Al Franken holds a slight lead
of about 50 votes over Republican incumbent Sen. Norm Coleman, but this
number does not reflect what could be more than a thousand improperly rejected
absentee ballots still to be tallied, which would sway results.
Absentee ballots have been rejected for a
number of reasons.
In other words, as
of the unofficial
numbers released on November 9, Leifeld was besting Republican / Conservative challenger Cindy Johansen by only 35 votes, with 61
absentee and other
ballots still to be counted.
And it amazes me that the Democrats are claiming that Murphy will get the exact same percentage
of votes from the
absentee ballots that he got during the election, even though the returned
absentee ballots favor the Republicans as far as registration
numbers are concerned.
Board
of Elections reports 300
absentee ballots received as
of Nov. 4, and that
number could increase.
Stavisky said she would like the rule re-implemented limiting people to picking up three
absentee ballots not large
numbers of them.
At least half
of the 15 Albany wards saw increases in
absentee ballot applications in this year's primary compared to the 2008 and 2013 primaries, with some wards seeing double or quadruple the
number from previous years, based on a Times Union analysis
of absentee ballot figures.