Chenango County starts counting mail-in ballots as election monitors review them
The Chenango County Office Building, where the Board of Elections is located. (Photo by Tyler Murphy)
CHENANGO – The Chenango County Board of Elections will begin the process of counting mail-in ballots Thursday under the watchful eye of representatives from candidates seeking New York’s 22nd Congressional District.
In a close race Claudia Tenney has a contentious lead over Anthony Brindisi for the district.
Republican Party Commissioner Mary Lou Monahan said about 4,500 absentee ballots were cast in Chenango's 31 voting districts.
She said the campaigns had the right to review and challenge any they thought questionable. She said representatives had requested a list of voters' signatures to compare to the ones voters wrote on the mail-in ballots, to ensure they are similar. All final determinations about any ballot will be made by a judge she said.
Monahan said officials would work with the monitors in coming days as they reviewed ballots at a secure location in the county office building and said the final tabulation would be completed next week.
Of the 262,433 votes so far counted, Tenney has 53.30 percent of the vote and Brindisi has 42.47 percent, according to the New York State Board of Elections.
Tenney had previously represented the district from 2017 to 2019, and lost in the last election to Brindisi in a very close race.
In early voting and on election day Chenango County voters cast 10,420 for Tenney and 5,958 for Brindisi.
“We hope to have the election certified by Nov. 28 if not sooner,” said Monahan.
In a close race Claudia Tenney has a contentious lead over Anthony Brindisi for the district.
Republican Party Commissioner Mary Lou Monahan said about 4,500 absentee ballots were cast in Chenango's 31 voting districts.
She said the campaigns had the right to review and challenge any they thought questionable. She said representatives had requested a list of voters' signatures to compare to the ones voters wrote on the mail-in ballots, to ensure they are similar. All final determinations about any ballot will be made by a judge she said.
Monahan said officials would work with the monitors in coming days as they reviewed ballots at a secure location in the county office building and said the final tabulation would be completed next week.
Of the 262,433 votes so far counted, Tenney has 53.30 percent of the vote and Brindisi has 42.47 percent, according to the New York State Board of Elections.
Tenney had previously represented the district from 2017 to 2019, and lost in the last election to Brindisi in a very close race.
In early voting and on election day Chenango County voters cast 10,420 for Tenney and 5,958 for Brindisi.
“We hope to have the election certified by Nov. 28 if not sooner,” said Monahan.
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