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Updated 23rd District Election Counts, 11-16-09
Source: Gouverneurtimes.com
Written by Nathan Barker
Monday, 16 November 2009 15:36
GOUVERNEUR, NY - Today (Nov. 16th) was the final day for absentee ballots to be received in New York's 23rd District Special Congressional Election. Already three counties have completed the final vote counts, and Hamilton County has already certified those counts to the State Board of Elections.
* - These counties are reporting final counts with absentee ballots included.
With three counties' absentee ballots included, Doug Hoffman now trails Bill Owens by 2,856 votes.
Our counts as of this afternoon show an additional 5798 absentee votes as yet uncounted.
Jefferson County began counting their 1304 returned absentee ballots this morning.
Clinton and Essex Counties have begun counts and expect to have final results before Friday.
Franklin County, St. Lawrence County, and Oswego County do not anticipate a completed absentee count until early next week.
Fulton County results are now included.
Lewis County Board of Election representatives were unavailable early this morning.
Check this page daily for the most current results available.
Last Updated on Wednesday, 18 November 2009 16:14
Updated 23rd District Election Counts
Northern NY NewsWritten by Nathan Barker
Monday, 16 November 2009 15:36
GOUVERNEUR, NY - Today (Nov. 16th) was the final day for absentee ballots to be received in New York's 23rd District Special Congressional Election. Already three counties have completed the final vote counts, and Hamilton County has already certified those counts to the State Board of Elections.
* - These counties are reporting final counts with absentee ballots included.With three counties' absentee ballots included, Doug Hoffman now trails Bill Owens by 2,856 votes.
Our counts as of this afternoon show an additional 5798 absentee votes as yet uncounted.
Jefferson County began counting their 1304 returned absentee ballots this morning.
Clinton and Essex Counties have begun counts and expect to have final results before Friday.
Franklin County, St. Lawrence County, and Oswego County do not anticipate a completed absentee count until early next week.
Fulton County results are now included.
Lewis County Board of Election representatives were unavailable early this morning.
Check this page daily for the most current results available.
Last Updated on Wednesday, 18 November 2009 16:14
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Possible Recount in Questionable NY-23 Contest
Source: Washingtontimes.com
EXCLUSIVE:
Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman said on Friday he is considering filing a recount claim in light of computer irregularities that have been reported. He has until Monday to make that decision.
Mr. Hoffman conceded the New York's 23rd Congressional District race to winner Democrat Bill Owens on Election Night, but has had second thoughts.
Three voting computers were shown to have had a virus and had to be reprogrammed, Mr. Hoffman told The Washington Times' "America's Morning News" radio show.
"If I had this information on Election Night, I would not have conceded," he said
Mr. Owens, a Plattburgh lawyer, won over Mr. Hoffman, a CPA, in a race that captured national headlines after Republican candidate and one-time frontrunner Dede Scozzafava bowed out of the race and threw her support behind Mr. Owens.
"What your listeners need to know is that on Election Night, we're shown to be down by 6,000 votes and through recanvassing, they discovered computers that were giving the wrong information and polling sites that reported the wrong information -- and that lead dropped down to less than 3,000 votes by this week," Mr. Hoffman said, referring to Election Board officials who are investigating.
"And now they are counting the absentee ballots that were scheduled to come in no later than Monday of this week."
Mr. Hoffman said he doesn't think the three voting machines were tampered. He does, however, ask: "Why didn't they look at all of the machines when they knew the three had a particular computer problem."
The WatertownDailyTimes.com reported Friday that with just 3,072 votes left uncounted, Mr. Owens' win is mathematically insurmountable.
"It's a long shot, but we're waiting for every vote to be counted," Mr. Hoffman told The Washington Times.
"We have people that are looking into this and we have until Monday to make that determination and file a recount claim," he said. "At this point, we're still anxiously waiting to find out what the final count comes down to be and, at that point, what the gap is."
Hoffman Considering Recount Claim
By Maria StainerEXCLUSIVE:
Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman said on Friday he is considering filing a recount claim in light of computer irregularities that have been reported. He has until Monday to make that decision.
Mr. Hoffman conceded the New York's 23rd Congressional District race to winner Democrat Bill Owens on Election Night, but has had second thoughts.
Three voting computers were shown to have had a virus and had to be reprogrammed, Mr. Hoffman told The Washington Times' "America's Morning News" radio show.
"If I had this information on Election Night, I would not have conceded," he said
Mr. Owens, a Plattburgh lawyer, won over Mr. Hoffman, a CPA, in a race that captured national headlines after Republican candidate and one-time frontrunner Dede Scozzafava bowed out of the race and threw her support behind Mr. Owens.
"What your listeners need to know is that on Election Night, we're shown to be down by 6,000 votes and through recanvassing, they discovered computers that were giving the wrong information and polling sites that reported the wrong information -- and that lead dropped down to less than 3,000 votes by this week," Mr. Hoffman said, referring to Election Board officials who are investigating.
"And now they are counting the absentee ballots that were scheduled to come in no later than Monday of this week."
Mr. Hoffman said he doesn't think the three voting machines were tampered. He does, however, ask: "Why didn't they look at all of the machines when they knew the three had a particular computer problem."
The WatertownDailyTimes.com reported Friday that with just 3,072 votes left uncounted, Mr. Owens' win is mathematically insurmountable.
"It's a long shot, but we're waiting for every vote to be counted," Mr. Hoffman told The Washington Times.
"We have people that are looking into this and we have until Monday to make that determination and file a recount claim," he said. "At this point, we're still anxiously waiting to find out what the final count comes down to be and, at that point, what the gap is."
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