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“For the most part, what we’re seeing is the hand count is confirming the machine count,” said Onondaga County Democratic Elections Commissioner Dustin Czarny. “A couple of ballots here and there that are now counted or discounted because of the machines are incredibly accurate but when we are talking about a 50 vote race there’sContinue reading “Hand recount ongoing in uncalled race for New York’s 50th Senate seat – Spectrum News”

“It wasn’t like 2020 where we saw thousands of ridiculous objections,” Czarny said. “There were a minimal number of objections. I think it went like we thought it would.” https://www.syracuse.com/news/2022/11/oops-green-ink-stray-marks-inside-the-largest-hand-recount-in-onondaga-county-history.html

“In an ultra-close race like this, every vote counts,” said Dustin Czarny. “And we have to make sure every vote is counted. This is the only way to really, truly say who won.” https://cnycentral.com/news/local/the-hand-recount-for-ny-50-senate-race-begins-today

“When races are this close, the extra time taken to make sure who won the race is important. This process is much longer and we’re not going to have any haste in it. We need to be accurate, and so we’re going to take some time to get this right.” https://www.localsyr.com/news/your-local-election-hq/tight-race-requires-mandatory-hand-count-for-50th-state-senate-district/

Unlike absentee and affidavit ballots, election law allows even counted in-person ballots to be challenged in court at a later date, Czarny said. Because they were already fed through voting machines, there are expected to be fewer questions regarding in-person ballots, Czarny said. But commissioners are allowed to consider voter intent during the manual recount,Continue reading “How new law dramatically reduces vote-by-vote court battles in razor-thin 50th NY Senate race – Syracuse.com”