http://www.yourdailyjournal.com/view/full_story/10301987/article-Board-closes-book-on-elections The only race hanging in the balance with Richmond County repercussions is the Instant Runoff Voting race between 13 Court of Appeals candidates, in which the state is expected to certify a winner before the end of the month.
The IRV method was new to most voters in the county, and one election board member said there was evidence of voter confusion in the tally.
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"There were more over-votes than I would have expected," Board member Phillip Huber said. "I think it was the way the instructions were written. If you read them closely it was clear, but I believe some voters apparently didn't read them that carefully."
NY: Key New York Races Remain Undecided
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/15/nyregion/15vote.html?_r=1
NY: Three Long Island Races Still Undecided
http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2010/11/15/three-long-island-races-still-undecided/
New York's 1st Congressional District is getting the most attention, with Republican challenger Randy Altschuler holding a slim lead over incumbent Democrat Tim Bishop.
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The other undecided races include the 1st District seat in the New York State Assembly seat (incumbent Democrat Marc Alessi vs. Republican challenger Dan Losquadro) and 7th District seat in the New York State Senate (incumbant Democrat Craig Johnson vs. Republican challenger Jack Martins)
http://www.easthamptonstar.com/dnn/tabid/12704/newsid24273/414/Time-for-a-Recount/Default.aspx New York's new voting system had a strange debut with a dramatic swing for Randy Altschuler from loser to winner in the First Congressional District race. When the polls closed on Nov. 2, Tim Bishop was ahead by 3,461 votes and roughly 9,000 absentee ballots still to be counted. Two days later, Mr. Altschuler was ahead by 383 votes after poll workers allegedly were discovered to have misread the numbers on the new tabulating machines.
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It is in Mr. Altschuler's as well as Mr. Bishop's interest to support the request for a complete tally. Without an outcome that is fully verified, neither Mr. Altschuler nor Mr. Bishop will be able to make the claim that he is the district's proper representative.
NY: Ballots under suspicion Although the election outcome is official, allegations still linger
http://hudsonreporter.com/view/full_story/10306134/article-Ballots-under-suspicion-Although-the-election-outcome-is-official--allegations-still-linger-?instance=secondary_stories_left_column
A total of 96 out of 442 vote-by-mail ballots have been rejected thus far for simple issues such as signature problems.
NY: New ballots create potential for long, suspenseful count in 25th Congressional district electionhttp://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2010/11/new_ballots_create_potential_f.html
... a refuge from the paper war under way in the next room between the campaigns for U.S. Rep. Dan Maffei, D-DeWitt, and Republican challenger Ann Marie Buerkle.
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Now, Onondaga County commissioners say they will throw out any ballot with extraneous marks. That means a coffee stain, a doodle outside the box -- any mark outside the oval bubble for a candidate. The commissioners said they will, however, allow an X or a checkmark as long as it is in the oval.
OR: Letters: Vote-by-mail works fine, thanks
http://blog.oregonlive.com/myoregon/2010/11/letters_vote-by-mail_works_fin.html
TN: Senate race called into question
http://www.herald-citizen.com/view/full_story/10292830/article-Senate-race-called-into-question?instance=most_recommended PUTNAM COUNTY -- Putnam County election officials say Sen. Charlotte Burks violated election law in November by entering polling places illegally on election day, and evidence of that allegation, plus other infractions that have been reported, will be turned over to the district attorney.
TX: Some who cast ballots in local option elections in Denton County weren't local*
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/city/denton/stories/DN-localopt_14met.ART.East.Edition1.4b83a49.html Fifty-one people were registered to vote in Hebron's local-option election Nov. 2, but 219 ballots were cast.
Similarly, the Denton County precinct of Haslet's local-option election picked up 132 extra ballots, even though the precinct had no registered voters.
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In both cases, Phillips said, it appeared that election workers made a judgment on what the coding specified about the precinct divisions, and ended up giving the wrong ballots to large numbers of voters
WA: Wandering ballots trickle in to Clark County
http://www.seattlepi.com/local/6420ap_wa_wandering_votes.html
Some of the ballots cast by military or overseas voters also need to be duplicated when they are faxed or e-mailed into the elections office.
"We have to duplicate them so we can run them through our tabulating system," Likness said.
Internet Voting Watch
India: Maharashtra plans to introduce e-voting in local civic bodies
http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report_maharashtra-plans-to-introduce-e-voting-in-local-civic-bodies_1464881
National
Opinion: 4 Lessons About Voting from the 2010 Elections
http://www.aolnews.com/opinion/article/opinion-4-lessons-about-voting-from-the-2010-elections/19714963 Election Night is now just "the end of the beginning."
Redistricting Reform
http://nonprofitvote.blogspot.com/2010/11/redistricting-reform.html
Each state redistricts differently .
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