A New York judge allowed two upstate boards of election count 1,200 affidavit ballots as scheduled Tuesday, upholding a revised state law that prevented political candidates from interfering in the…
A lawyer for Republican state Senate candidate Rebecca Shiroff argued Monday afternoon that a new state law that allowed elections officials to scrutinize ballots instead of party officials should not exclude candidates from the process of validating some 1,200 uncounted votes, the newspaper said.
The GOP had flipped four seats in the state, including in the 22nd District, under the new district lines on Election Day, and were one win away fromConole, however, has reportedly refused to concede to Williams, claiming that uncounted affidavit and absentee ballots could still swing the race. Shiroff’s lawyer, John Ciampoli, argued the language in the new measure was imprecise, and that it conflicted with an older section of election law that he said still allowed candidates to challenge the provisional ballots.
DelConte’s ruling impacted vote counting in the tight House race between presumed winner Brandon Williams, a Republican, and Democrat Francis Conole, who had yet to concede.“It’s very challenging,” DelConte said about arbitrating the arguments, according to the article. “We’re a new law on a rapid-fire basis.”
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