After a campaign season overshadowed by a deadly pandemic, protests and looting, New York’s Primary Day arrived yesterday. Tuesday marked the final day of in-person voting and the postmark deadline for absentee ballots.
Candidates for president, Congress, New York State Legislature, and local offices all vyed for nominations.
But don’t expect the results soon.
The suspense of awaiting results may last days, weeks or even months.
“Everybody needs to be patient, and as I have been wanting to say with some of these things: it will not be add water and stir,” New York City Board of Elections Executive Director Michael Ryan said at a commissioners’ meeting. “It’s going to take some time and we cannot suspend the time-space continuum.”
The city Board of Elections (BOE) said last week it has processed about 550,000 absentee ballots this cycle compared to 65,000 in the primaries four years ago.
Even more ballots were sent out in recent days. Absentee ballots aren’t due at BOE offices for seven days after the primaries. They’ll be counted manually and potentially in the company of so-called watchers from campaigns who may raise objections.
“Because so many New Yorkers have voted absentee, it will take additional time for the official results to be certified, and to ensure that every ballot is counted, the BOE will need to be methodical and take their time,” said Sarah Goff, deputy director of Common Cause New York.
Read more at NY1.
{Matzav.com}
