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New York

hrmjustin

(71,265 posts) Sun Sep 8, 2013, 04:05 PM Sep 2013

Remember for the NYC mayor's primary that it may take 2 weeks to determine if there is a runoff.

Absentee ballots won't be counted until at least 9 days after election day. NY law on absentee ballots are dumb. The are similiar to CA law. This is why Democratic presidential candidates gain votes in the weeks after election day.

There are three weeks in a runoff campaign. They changed it this year from 2 to 3 weeks.

So what you see on election night may not be the whole story.

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Remember for the NYC mayor's primary that it may take 2 weeks to determine if there is a runoff. (Original Post) hrmjustin Sep 2013 OP

That's a lot of time for a lot of funny business to go down gopiscrap Sep 2013 #1

It is Normal NY procedure. The ballots are impounded by the board of elections. hrmjustin Sep 2013 #2

gopiscrap

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1. That's a lot of time for a lot of funny business to go down

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Sun Sep 8, 2013, 04:10 PM

Sep 2013

hrmjustin

(71,265 posts)

2. It is Normal NY procedure. The ballots are impounded by the board of elections.

Reply to gopiscrap (Reply #1)

Sun Sep 8, 2013, 04:13 PM

Sep 2013

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