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.
But Tkaczyk wiped out all but 111 of those votes with a 2,113 - to - 1,305 win
of the absentee ballots in Ulster, officials report.
This is the second grand jury to probe the handling
of absentee ballots in the 2009 Working Families Party primary in the city.
A Democratic source said the number
of absentee ballots in both of these races was larger than the incumbents» margins of victory.
July 18: Education Commissioner John B. King Jr. orders Cross to step down from the board while he investigates allegations of voter fraud and misuse
of absentee ballots in the May election.
Saratoga County Clerk Kathy Marchione was up 106 votes heading into today's counting
of absentee ballots in Rensselaer County and Washington County.
Not exact matches
It will be fun to have
absentee ballots sent
in from planets
in our solar system as well as the deep reaches
of space.
If you know an establishments serves pork on Saturday and it clearly states so, why go there on Saturday and ask them to change the menu because
of you.Same thing happen
in Washington DC, even though there is
absentee ballot, Jewish people want the District
of Columbia to change voting day because it fall on Saturday.Trust me, contrary to your belief, you are not special.
He made that clear after Lefty led Team USA to a dramatic, one - point victory
in Korea and Tiger cast an
absentee ballot for himself as one
of Davis Love III's right - hand men at the 2016 Ryder Cup.
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.
After a final tally
of absentee and affidavit
ballots, long - time Congresswoman Louise Slaughter will spend another term representing New York's 25th District
in Congress.
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.
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.»
The main goal
of the Democratic party's field organizing is to get their supporters off their butts and to the polls, either on Election Day or (even better) beforehand —
absentee ballots are field - organizing gold, since every early
ballot in the bank represents a voter who WO N'T need to be hassled
in person or over the phone before November 4th.
For example,
in California, when you apply for an
absentee ballot, your name is removed from the list
of voters at the polling place.
Of course,
in many states, there is little to prevent a person from registering twice with different names — once for an
absentee ballot and once for a normal
ballot.
The bills include measures aimed at early voting
in New York, making it easier to vote through an
absentee ballot with «no excuse» voting, pre-registration for 16 - and 17 - year - old future voters, and making it easier to change a party ahead
of a primary.
A handful
of crucial state Senate races have come down to
absentee ballots in recent years over the last decade.
Flanagan's re-election comes as the outcome
of two races with Republican incumbents remain
in doubt, with a review
of absentee ballots and a likely recount to delay the calls for weeks to come.
In a twist that turned tragedy into farce, the second run - off ordered by the Constitutional Court, scheduled for October had to be postponed: the glue on thousands
of absentee ballots had come unstuck, rendering them invalid.
The biggest problem
in the Miami mayoral race was the abuse
of absentee ballots, not the voting
of convicted felons.
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.
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.
«
Absentee ballots are already
in the hands
of voters, therefore, the law can not be implemented for the April 7 election,» Schimel said
in a statement issued shortly after the Supreme Court's announcement.
The opening
of 519
absentee ballots flipped the outcome to a 10 - vote spread against a new charter that would have dissolved the commission form
of government
in favor
of one run by a city manager.
«State agents uncovered hundreds
of fraudulent examples: people who didn't live
in the city voting
in the election; phony signatures on
absentee ballots; and campaign vote brokers acting as witnesses for most
of these
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.
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.
There are 1,137
absentee ballots out
in the 43rd district, according to CapCon, which also has a breakdown
of where all
of them are located.
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.
Saland's campaign and Senate Republicans also touted their
absentee ballot program and targeting
of specific voters
in the lawmaker's first serious party primary.
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.
In addition to the 757 valid
absentee ballots, there are hundreds more invalid
absentee ballots, some
of which are likely to be successfully contested by the two campaigns.
The state's Supreme Court hadn't resolved a partisan scuffle over who gets to be listed first on the
ballot this year before overseas
absentee ballots were dropped
in the mail, so those voters will have to write
in all the candidates» names themselves, according to Deputy Secretary
of State James Spallone.
In 27 states and the District
of Columbia, an excuse isn't required to submit an
absentee ballot.
According to unofficial results from the Suffolk County Board
of Elections, Ms. McNally finished
in 10th place, 206 votes behind Susan McGraw Keber, a first - time Democratic candidate, although
absentee ballots had yet to be counted.
Martins said the congressional race needed to be moved back if the primary was delayed to allow
absentee ballots to get to military voters overseas and to allow him to fully campaign against the Democrat
in the race, Thomas Suozzi
of Glen Cove.
This proposal would remove all
of the conditions precedent for
absentee ballots and allow voters to request an
absentee ballot as an alternative to
in - person voting.
Tammy Sun, a spokeswoman for attorney Sean Coffey, a former prosecutor who lives
in Westchester and is also running for the Democratic nomination, did not comment on Rice, but said
of Coffey's record - voting 15 out
of 26 years - several were military
absentee ballots which may have gone uncounted.
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.
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.
Deadline for county clerk to receive
in - person applications for
absentee ballots for the Preferential Primary Election and Nonpartisan Election from the voter, designated bearer, or administrator is no later than the close
of regular business hours on the day before the election.
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.
In a prepared statement, Saland, R - Poughkeepsie, said he conceded after learning the final count
of absentee ballots and affidavits.
Of the nine «toss up» states listed on CNN's Electoral Map, all but two — Virginia and New Hampshire — allow for early
in - person voting and all allow for
absentee ballots prior to Election Day.
Austin Harig standing inside the Board
of Elections after
absentee ballot count
in the May 2016 Park District race.
Greg Faulkner, the chair
of Community Board 7, who was heavily involved
in Cabrera's campaign, told me that they found out all the names and addresses
of the voters who requested
absentee ballots, which will need to be counted before Cabrera is declared the victor.