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, ruling on ballots in which the voter’s intent was clear even if the ballot wasn’t properly filled out or read by the machine.

It’s typically those types of ballots that might be challenged again in a court proceeding down the road, Czarny said.

https://www.syracuse.com/politics/cny/2022/11/how-new-state-law-dramatically-reduces-vote-by-vote-court-battles-in-razor-thin-50th-ny-senate-race.html

“It all depends on when Oswego is ready to go, and it depends on whether the court has decided a guideline for us. So, we’ve got a lot of questions to answer there,” explained Czarny.

https://cnycentral.com/news/election/mannion-expands-narrow-lead-over-shiroff-in-race-for-50th-senate-district#

“It’s not really legally a responsibility of a campaign to concede or declare victory. What we’re looking for here is what the votes are. That should be what drives the narrative in close races.”

https://www.waer.org/news/2022-11-16/williams-wins-22nd-congressional-district-race-toby-shelley-to-be-next-onondaga-county-sheriff

I am so incredibly proud of the staff at our board who moved mountains to get work that used to take 4 weeks to get done in 9 days. See some video of them in action here:

“Dustin Czarny with the Onondaga County Board of Elections said an affidavit ballot is given to someone who shows up to a polling location on election day but their name isn’t showing up in the poll books.”

https://www.localsyr.com/news/local-news/your-stories-what-is-an-affidavit-ballot/

“That race is over. That race is not headed to a hand count” Czarny said. “Toby Shelley is well outside that margin, he will be certified on Tuesday as the next Sheriff of Onondaga County.”

Only 199 ballots are still uncounted, too few to change the results, Czarny said.

https://www.syracuse.com/politics/cny/2022/11/toby-shelley-wins-onondaga-county-sheriff-race.html

“It’s a very close race,” said Czarny. “Onondaga county is the largest amount of ballots out there and that’s a place where John Mannion did very well. So, I expect the lead to shrink but I have no idea what it will do.”

https://cnycentral.com/news/local/onondaga-county-board-of-elections-will-begin-counting-more-ballots-today-for-ny-50#

“Both Czarny and Michele Sardo, the Republican commissioner in Onondaga County, agreed affidavit ballots tend to favor Democratic candidates. Voters requiring an affidavit often include college students or apartment residents.”

https://www.syracuse.com/politics/cny/2022/11/why-john-mannion-has-a-shot-at-catching-rebecca-shiroff-in-state-senate-race.html