Anti Federalist
11-03-2009, 08:52 PM
Oh brother...
http://blogs.usatoday.com/onpolitics/2009/11/report-ballot-problems-in-nys-23rd-congressional-district.html
Report: Ballot problems in NY's 23rd Congressional District
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This is not good news for political junkies hoping to get a winner in New York's 23rd Congressional District before bedtime: There are voting machine problems in St. Lawrence County, one of the more populous areas in the district.
The Watertown Daily Times says there are problems with the new scanners that read the ballots in the towns of Louisville, Waddington, Rossie and Clare.
“We may not have results from those towns tonight," St. Lawrence County Board of Elections Deputy Commissioner Thomas Nichols told the paper.
St. Lawrence County accounted for 41,000 votes -- about 17% of the total -- in the 2008 congressional election.
Public opinion polls suggested that tonight's race between Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman and Democrat Bill Owens would be close. The polls closed at 9 p.m. ET in New York.
http://blogs.usatoday.com/onpolitics/2009/11/report-ballot-problems-in-nys-23rd-congressional-district.html
Report: Ballot problems in NY's 23rd Congressional District
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This is not good news for political junkies hoping to get a winner in New York's 23rd Congressional District before bedtime: There are voting machine problems in St. Lawrence County, one of the more populous areas in the district.
The Watertown Daily Times says there are problems with the new scanners that read the ballots in the towns of Louisville, Waddington, Rossie and Clare.
“We may not have results from those towns tonight," St. Lawrence County Board of Elections Deputy Commissioner Thomas Nichols told the paper.
St. Lawrence County accounted for 41,000 votes -- about 17% of the total -- in the 2008 congressional election.
Public opinion polls suggested that tonight's race between Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman and Democrat Bill Owens would be close. The polls closed at 9 p.m. ET in New York.