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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 law wouldn't turn away voters who show up without ID, but would have them fill out an affidavit ballot to be reviewed by the Board of Elections.

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.

«In a sworn affidavit that is part of the paperwork, Assistant District Attorney Eric Seidel states that in an interview on March 12, Haggerty acknowledged that «he did not disclose to Mayor Bloomberg, his agents, and campaign employees that he was going to keep the money that was budgeted for election day ballot security operation for himself, because if he did, he would not have received the money.»»

Mr. Espaillat cited a number of what he described as «irregularities» on Election Day, including an unusual lack of bilingual inspectors, the absence mailed notifications alerting voters to the new Election Day date this year, and Spanish language speakers being handed affidavit ballots instead of regular ones.

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.

At some polling sites, local elected officials reported that all of the old - school levered voting machines — which were revived this year because of concerns with new electronic scanning machines — were down, forcing voters to cast affidavit ballots instead.

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.

When a poll worker couldn't find Democratic mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner's signature alongside his name in the book of eligible voters, they tried to give him an affidavit ballot, his campaign said.

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

The city Board of Elections said the results available are unofficial and there will be a counting of all paper ballots, which includes affidavit, absentee and overseas ballots, among others.

While Espaillat declared victory, Wright would not concede the race Tuesday night and called for absentee and affidavit ballots to be counted, renewed allegations of voter suppression by a pro-Espaillat group and called for an investigation by the Department of Justice.

The Clinton County Board of Elections is set to count over 51 absentees and affidavit ballots on April 3, after this edition went to print.

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.

The number of Onondaga County voters who either filled out affidavit ballots or went before a judge to try to get their vote counted was higher than normal for a presidential primary, said Czarny, although he noted that there are no historical numbers from past presidential primaries to use as a comparison.

At 14 percent of sites, the auditors said, affidavit ballots were mishandled by poll workers — potentially leading to votes not getting counted.

The Erie County Board of Elections has spent the week counting absentee and affidavit ballots after a machine count showed Kennedy with a lead of less than 100 votes.

Many filled out affidavit ballots, which are approved at the discretion of the Board of Elections.

There are 410 affidavit ballots that have yet to be counted and many of them come from the city, near Grant's home in the Masten District.

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

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.

The challenges question the legality of absentee and affidavit (emergency) ballots cast in the November 2nd election.

Altschuler currently trails Bishop by 14 votes with 5,004 ballots (43.7 % of absentee / affidavit) left to be counted.

A court - ordered re-canvassing of 310 absentee and affidavit ballots will take place today.

The search warrant application includes hundreds of pages of ballots, witness and voter statements, and an affidavit by a State Police investigator.

Senator Klein's bill (S. 5988 / NYS Assembly companion bill A. 4015) requires that the reverse side of the envelope in which a voter submits an affidavit ballot contain a voter registration form.

«Absentee ballots will be counted as part of the process, as will the affidavit votes.»

Following Tuesday's count of 55 absentee and affidavit ballots, Henry, a Republican, secured a 20 - vote victory over Democrat Jerry Marking.

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.

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.»

«The only thing out of the ordinary was the extraordinary need for affidavit ballots in Brooklyn and Manhattan,» he said, adding that the BOE was proud to have a «sufficient amount of affidavits» to provide for all voters.

With the results still uncertain in Rep. Charlie Rangel's most difficult primary battle so far, attention has turned to the opening of absentee and affidavit ballots by the city Board of Election.

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 Sept. 21.

Mr. Espaillat has yet to concede the race, waiting for the Board of Elections to count paper and affidavit ballots.

An independent candidate seeking placement on the general election ballot must file an affidavit of identity (the same as that filed by party candidates) and a qualifying petition.

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.

Tkaczyk, who led by about 135 votes when machine votes were counted, but then fell behind as absentee and affidavit ballots were counted, eventually won the battle of those ballots by taking about 80 percent of the last 91 ballots those judges allowed to be included.

Mr. Espaillat declared victory with a lead of more than 1,000 votes with 97 percent of the scanners reported, but State Assemblyman Keith L.T. Wright, who was running second, refused to concede and demanded that absentee and affidavit ballots be counted.

Election officials started the count of 1,780 absentee ballots and about 200 affidavits at 2 p.m. Nassau County Board of Elections commissioner David J. Gugerty spoke with Newsday about the process.

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.

Final totals of Tuesday's special election won't come until April 3, when the board of elections counts more than 51 absentee and affidavit ballots.

JAMESTOWN - After counting absentee and affidavit ballots for a city council election, the official outcome of the race has yet to be declared.

It is unclear when the race may resolved given counting of affidavit and absentee ballots, or a potential recount.

Champlain Town Supervisor Larry Barcomb staved off a challenge from John Cooper, with 756 votes over Cooper's 597 out of 1,327 in - person and 66 absentee and affidavit ballots.

But attorneys for the Republican Party convinced Supreme Court Justice Jeffrey S. Brown of Nassau County to order a re-canvassing of 310 absentee and affidavit ballots.

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

With the likelihood of paper and affidavit ballots producing the roughly 2,000 votes Mr. Espailat needs to match Mr. Rangel quite low, the Observer decided to identify a few winners and losers beyond the four Democrats who ran in the 13th Congressional District race.

Results indicated are based on updated numbers since Primary night from the Board of Elections that may include absentee and affidavit ballots.)

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.