«I placed a call to Sheriff Howard earlier this morning to congratulate him on his apparent win and also to tell him that, given the extraordinary closeness of the race, I believe it is prudent and sensible to await the official vote certification by the Erie County Board of Elections, which includes
the tally of all absentee ballots,» says Tolbert in a statement issued by his campaign.
City Councilman Elizabeth Crowley acknowledged Wednesday night that her opponent's margin of victory held during
a tally of absentee ballots Wednesday in a very close Queens city council race.
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.
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.
After
the tallying of absentee ballots, the political picture in Troy has become clearer.
Not exact matches
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.
Nassau Board
of Elections Commissioner William Biamonte said on Monday that Haber «won the nomination» after the board
tallied the
absentee write - in votes from the Sept. 9 primary.
Village
of Catskill Final
tally, after the counting
of the
absentee ballots: Joe Kozloski 317, Peter Grasse 264 — Joe by 53 votes.
Democrats believe that Tkaczyk would be in good shape if she heads into the Ulster County
absentee ballot
tally with a deficit
of fewer than 1,000 votes.
The outcome
of a very close election for Gardiner town supervisor was confirmed last Friday, when the Ulster County Board
of Elections
tallied absentee ballots.
«This is the exact example I give to people about how every vote counts,» Kellogg said on November 8, noting how she knew
of at least three
absentee votes — her husband and two daughters — who were likely to end up in her
tally, as well as how
absentees tend to break for Democrats in Hurley and other rural towns in Ulster County.
The resolution
of the race took several weeks to complete, as election officials spent weeks
tallying absentee ballots from across the district.
Mr. Schiliro defeated incumbent Republican Assemblyman Anthony Palumbo by 12 votes, but a Suffolk County Board
of Elections official said
absentee ballots still need to be
tallied, which will be done next week.
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.
QUEENSBURY — Counting
of absentee and provisional ballots that were impounded immediately following the Nov 8 election resumed this week, updating vote
tallies for several close local races.
Mr. Hughes secured the election, according to an unofficial
tally of the roughly 450
absentee ballots at the Suffolk County Board
of Elections Friday, earning a 201 - vote lead with a final
tally of 3,287 votes to Mr. Goggins» 3,086.
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.
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.