Tedisco Lawyers Seek to ‘Reargue’ a Judge’s Decision

POUGHKEEPSIE—Attorneys for Republican Assemblyman James Tedisco filed two memoranda of law in the ongoing legal wrangling over absentee ballots in his Congressional race against Democrat Scott Murphy.
Tedisco’s lawyers moved to “renew and reargue” a ruling issued last week by Judge James Brands that declared that objections lodged against absentee ballots on the basis Read More

Tedisco’s Legal Window?

ALBANY—Despite a recent spate of negative developments, Assemblyman Jim Tedisco’s legal team thinks there may be an opportunity to change a court ruling rendered against them Wednesday—part of the ongoing fight over paper ballots in the race between Tedisco and Democrat Scott Murphy for the Kirsten Gillibrand House seat.
Wednesday’s ruling essentially said that Read More

NY-20 Judge: Most Objections Invalid

ALBANY—Judge James Brands just ruled that most of the over 1,200 contested absentee ballots in the race to replace Kirsten Gillibrand in Congress were objected to improperly based on discrepancies in their applications. This means many more ballots will be counted.
Henry Berger, an attorney for Democratic candidate Scott Murphy, argued this morning that Read More

NY-20 Judge: Start Counting the Contested Ballots Monday

POUGHKEEPSIE—There are more than 1,200 absentee ballots in the race to replace Kirsten Gillibrand that will not be opened until next Monday, an attorney representing Democrat Scott Murphy said, when a Supreme Court judge will gather lawyers from both sides together and begin the process of sorting through them.
“We expect that number may Read More