Tedisco Grabs Lead, But Loses Court Hearing; Counting Begins Tomorrow
Recanvassing by several counties has broken the tie in NY-20. Today's update from the NY Board of Elections shows Assemb. Jim Tedisco (R) with a 97-vote lead -- his biggest lead of the post-election tallies -- over businessman Scott Murphy (D).
Meanwhile, the NY Supreme Court just sided with Murphy's camp and agreed that the 6.7K absentee ballots (that were due in elections offices today) should start to be counted 4/8.
Tedisco's camp had argued that the counting should not start until overseas ballots are due on 4/13. Murphy atty Henry Berger, in a statement: "The people of the 20th Congressional District need their votes counted in a timely manner, so they can be represented in Congress as quickly as possible in these tough economic times. We are confident that once all the absentee ballots are counted, Scott Murphy will win this election."
(TIM SAHD)
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