Although hundreds of thousands
of absentee ballots remained to be counted, supporters of the measure deemed their campaign a triumph for the state's children.
Thousands
of absentee ballots remain to be counted in the special election called to fill the congressional seat vacated by Gillibrand when she was appointed to the Senate.
Not exact matches
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.
The results
remain unofficial pending the counting
of absentee ballots.
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 with races in three
of the city's nine wards well within the margin
of being flipped after
absentee ballots are opened, the actual makeup
of next year's council will
remain in doubt until next week when the final votes are counted.
Syracuse Republicans are just a few dozen votes shy
of winning back a city office as a race for Common Council will come down to
absentee ballots, but the rest
of city hall
remained solidly Democratic after Tuesday's election.
Councilman Mark Weprin and several sources close to the campaign told the Observer Mr. Liu campaigned fiercely for
absentee votes, and estimated as many as 1,000
of the
ballots remain to be counted.
That possibility
remains for former county Democratic Party chair and incumbent county legislator John Parete
of Boiceville, who holds a slim 20 - vote lead over Democratic challenger Kathy Nolan in the 22nd district, which includes Shandaken, Olive, Denning and Hardenburgh, with at least 217
absentee ballots still to count.
Almost 200
absentee ballots remain to be counted in the Conservative Party primary, many
of them from areas Sullivan ran strong in.
That possibility
remains for former county Democratic Party chair and incumbent county legislator John Parete
of Boiceville, who holds a slim 20 vote lead over Democratic challenger Kathy Nolan in the 22nd district, which includes Shandaken, Olive, Denning and Hardenburgh, with 217
absentee ballots on hand at the county board
of elections and a possibility
of more arriving before they can be opened beginning Wednesday, November 15.
Today's finished count only reflects the review
of the voting machine memory sticks, and next week, the Board
of Elections will still recount the paper
ballots and the
remaining absentee and provisional
ballots.
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.
Hundreds
of thousands
of potential voters
remain uncertain about what, if any, forms
of identification they will be required to include on their
absentee ballots or to present at their polling stations.
Meyer's name
remains on the
ballot as the candidate
of the Independence and Reform parties, and he hasn't conceded the Republican or Conservative lines — McLaughlin also won the third - party nod on Primary Night — citing outstanding
absentee ballots.
The Appellate Division
of the State Supreme Court affirmed on Tuesday an earlier decision by the Supreme Court to set aside the last
remaining absentee ballot.
ELIZABETHTOWN — A winner
of the Conservative Party primary for county judge
remains elusive following a court decision on Wednesday that allowed one
absentee ballot to be opened and another to be set aside.
There were 276
absentee ballots remaining to be counted as
of Wednesday morning, an elections board official said.
Deputy Secretary
of State Jim Gelbmann oversaw the tallying
of roughly 950 improperly rejected
absentee ballots Saturday, which was the last
remaining hurdle in the canvassing board's procedure.
ST. PAUL, Minnesota (CNN)- One
of the last
remaining steps in Minnesota's U.S. Senate race recount was temporarily halted Saturday morning when attorneys with Republican Norm Coleman's campaign attempted to stop the counting
of about 950 improperly rejected
absentee ballots.
With about 977
absentee ballots remaining uncounted, Bishop was leading Altschuler by more than 260 votes out
of more than 194,000 cast.
The only question was the fate
of 22
absentee ballots which had been challenged by the candidates and
remained unopened.
Supporters
of the years - long effort to bring charter schools to the Evergreen State
remained confident that the roughly 470,000 outstanding
absentee ballots could still give them a victory.