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 grow to 2,000,” Henry Berger, a lawyer representing Scott Murphy, said during an appearance this morning.
Both sides have been objecting to ballots on the grounds of voter residency and legitimacy, but the Republicans have objected to more of these ballots, particularly in Columbia County, where they have lodged 194 objections as of Tuesday compared to 19 by Democrats, an election official said.
