Traditionally, a low
return of absentee ballots portends even lower «poll» voting, so this may not materialize.
Not exact matches
The Rensselaer County Board
of Elections says almost 1,500
absentee ballots were distributed, and as
of Wednesday afternoon, 750 have been
returned.
Absentee ballots returned by U.S. Mail must be postmarked no later than May 7 and received by boards
of elections by this date to be counted
The election - day vote tally will change as
absentee ballots are counted this next week — 58 were sent out, and as
of Tuesday, 50 were
returned.
Officials at the Alaska Division
of Elections tell CNN that as
of Sunday 15,720
absentee ballots have been
returned.
According to the most recent totals from Alaska Division
of Elections Director Gail Fenumiai, about 11,266
absentee ballots have yet to be counted — although not all
of those
ballots were likely
returned by GOP voters.
As
of Tuesday, 87 Ward 3
absentee ballots had been
returned to the board
of elections).
John Conklin, director
of public information for the state Board
of Elections, said 1,324
absentee ballots in the race had been
returned as
of Monday and another 986 were outstanding.
With only 174
absentee ballots having been distributed (114 were
returned as
of Monday), it's all over.
While some states have made it possible for military or abroad voters to
return absentee ballots by e-mail or by fax, Kellner said New York had rejected that idea out
of concerns over voter privacy and the risk
of vote interception, and was instead focusing on making it easier for
absentee voters to receive
ballots.
According to the Orange County Registrar
of Voters, there are an estimated 4,700
absentee ballots returned at the polls, 1,264 provisional
ballots and 141 election day paper
ballots left to count.
«We don't know
of any
absentee ballots that weren't
returned to us,» said Republican Election Commissioner Allison McGahay.
According to Southold GOP chairman Peter McGreevy, 414
of the 626
absentee ballots sent out had been
returned as
of Tuesday.
Following one conviction and multiple suspicions
of fraud, Assemblyman Kenneth Zebrowski proposed legislation to prevent individuals from picking up and
returning more than two
absentee ballots.
[There are still over 2,700
absentee ballots to be counted, nearly two - thirds
of which were
returned by Democrats.]
There are still over 2,700
absentee ballots to be counted, nearly two - thirds
of which were
returned by Democrats.
As for the Rensselaer County executive GOP primary, the local Board
of Elections says almost 1,500
absentee ballots were distributed, and as
of Wednesday afternoon, 750 have been
returned.
But there were still votes outstanding: As
of Wednesday, the county had received 2,917
absentee ballots; 1,568 more had been requested but not
returned.
He also pointed to the ease
of returning an
absentee ballot by mail.
The outcome is subject to the count
of absentee and provisional
ballots — 95 were sent out and 70 were
returned as
of Election Day.
«I'm hearing there were 143
absentee ballots issued,
of which 99 have been
returned.
The types
of ballots ruled taboo by the judges include categories
of absentee ballots submitted by non-registered voters,
absentee ballots inside a
return envelope not signed by the voter or
absentee ballot applications that were not signed, and
absentee ballots that were dropped off in person on election day.
There were 501
absentee ballots sent to voters, and 329
returned as
of Tuesday, according to the county Board
of Elections.
Sources in both camps noted that 160
absentee ballots had been issued to voters and 103 had been
returned as
of Tuesday afternoon.
In its report, a grand jury suggested the state adopt a law «[n] ot to allow for a single political operative to acquire literally dozens
of absentee ballots, ostensibly take them to the voter, and then
return them to the Board
of Elections.»
The final outcome
of this race is to be determined by tallying Thurman's
absentee ballots — 58 were sent out, and as
of this week, most all
of them were
returned, and as
of Tuesday, they were still unopened due to the court order.
Republicans are also optimistic about the party breakdown
of returned absentee ballots.
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.
Of the 27,372
absentee ballots that have been
returned, 45 percent have been from Republicans, an 8 percentage - point advantage over Democrats, according to Political Data's
ballot tracker.
However, on September 20, 2013 (10 days after the primary) the Board
of Elections issued a letter stating that they were
returning the voters
absentee ballots which could not be processed.