Republican election officials around New York refused to process absentee ballots amid a court challenge earlier this week, but then began opening and scanning the ballots after a warning from the state attorney general.
refused to process absentee ballots amid a court challenge earlier this week, but then began opening and scanning the ballots after a warning from the state attorney general, officials said.
around the Nov. 8 elections. The legal challenges, largely by Republicans, target rules for mail-in voting, early voting, voter access, voting machines, voting registration, the counting of mismarked absentee ballots and access for partisan poll watchers.Republican Rep. Nicole Malliotakis has represented New York's 11th Congressional District, which covers all of Staten Island and part of Brooklyn, for one term.
Lawyers representing Republicans advised GOP election commissioners to stop opening ballots Friday as the party fights the court order, said Dutchess County Republican elections commissioner Erik Haight, who leads the GOP statewide elections officials caucus.Democrat Max Rose served one term in the U.S. House from New York's 11th Congressional District before being ousted by the GOP. Now he is trying to make a comeback by highlighting his differences from his party's mainstream.
Republicans also argued that they didn’t get a chance to weigh in on the court’s order, issued by state Appellate Division Associate Justice John Egan."I don’t know this particular judge but maybe he’s the one being partisan," said Haight. "If being correct on a legal issue is Republican, I’ll be Republican all day long."
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