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Results of countywide recanvassing are in
By Francesca Olsen
The results of the county Board of Elections’ recanvassing efforts last week are in.
Many numbers are different than were originally pinned on the wall on election night at the BOE, but results from all town races remain unchanged, pending a paper ballot count which will begin Tuesday, after the deadline for receiving military absentee ballots is up.
Recanvassing took place last Thursday and Friday, but the final count wasn’t finished until late Tuesday evening, with BOE workers staying late to complete the work.
“After an election, that’s nothing unusual,” said Democratic Commissioner of Elections Virginia Martin.
Martin said that numerical errors may happen on election night for a few different reasons.
“It can be that somebody reading off the numbers at the poll site reads a wrong number. It could be that somebody here [at the BOE] hears a wrong number. It could be somebody transposing the number when it got heard on the telephone here onto the totals sheet did something wrong.”
Following are the updated numbers for contested supervisor elections in town races.
All results are pending an absentee ballot count, and a full list of recanvassing results will be posted as .PDF files at the county Board of Elections’ Web site when it is completed.
In Taghkanic, incumbent Republican Supervisor Betty Young is still in the lead with 311 votes to Democratic contender Loretta Hoffmann’s 230.
Incumbent Democrat Ray Staats is now beating Republican councilwoman Carol Lent 380 to 224 in Clermont’s race for town supervisor.
Gallatin’s Republican supervisor, Lynda Scheer, is ahead of Peter Arnone, who ran on the Independent and Conservative lines for supervisor, by 206 to 52.
In Stuyvesant, incumbent Republican Supervisor Valerie Bertram is in the lead over Democratic candidate Lee Jamison, 378 to 349.
Claverack’s race is still tight, but not as tight as before. Democratic supervisor candidate Robin Andrews, a village trustee in Philmont, is leading incumbent Republican Supervisor Jim Keegan by 21 votes, with 872 to 851.
Previously, the BOE had Andrews leading Keegan by seven votes.
Valatie Attorney Pat Grattan, Kinderhook Republican candidate for supervisor, beat incumbent Democrat Doug McGivney by a landslide, 1,773 to 1,014.
It’s also a landslide in Livingston, with Republican Supervisor candidate Kevin McDonald leading incumbent Democrat Phil Williams 545 to 261.
Ancram is still close, and closer than previously indicated by the BOE, which had incumbent Republican Supervisor Tom Dias losing by 67 votes. The numbers now show Democratic candidate Art Bassin still in the lead, but by a smaller margin, with 317 votes for Bassin and 302 for Dias.
In Austerlitz, incumbent Democrat George Jahn is losing to Republican supervisor candidate Jeff Braley, 355 to 278.
Canaan shows incumbent Republican Rick Keaveney winning over Independence party candidate and county director of Veterans’ Affairs Gary Flaherty, 348 to 154.
In Germantown, Republican Supervisor Roy Brown is still defending his position with 426 votes to Democratic candidate David Forman’s 339.
Greenport’s race is still a wide margin, with Democratic supervisor candidate Edward Nabozny in the lead with 772 votes to Republican Patrick Nolan’s 498.
Hudson’s second ward shows incumbent supervisor, Democrat Ed Cross, with 132 votes to Republican contender Tracy Decker’s 30. In the third ward, incumbent Democratic supervisor Joe Finn is trailing behind Republican William Hallenbeck, 110 to 128. In the fourth ward, incumbent supervisor, Democrat Billy Hughes, is winning in a landslide to Republican candidate Samuel Santiago, 112 to 31.
None of these results are final. Final results will be released after a BOE count of absentee and other paper ballots, slated to take place at 9 a.m. Tuesday.
A full list of lever machine results will be available on the Board of Elections Web site, www.columbiacountyny.com/depts/elections/index.html, once compiled.
Many numbers are different than were originally pinned on the wall on election night at the BOE, but results from all town races remain unchanged, pending a paper ballot count which will begin Tuesday, after the deadline for receiving military absentee ballots is up.
Recanvassing took place last Thursday and Friday, but the final count wasn’t finished until late Tuesday evening, with BOE workers staying late to complete the work.
“After an election, that’s nothing unusual,” said Democratic Commissioner of Elections Virginia Martin.
Martin said that numerical errors may happen on election night for a few different reasons.
“It can be that somebody reading off the numbers at the poll site reads a wrong number. It could be that somebody here [at the BOE] hears a wrong number. It could be somebody transposing the number when it got heard on the telephone here onto the totals sheet did something wrong.”
Following are the updated numbers for contested supervisor elections in town races.
All results are pending an absentee ballot count, and a full list of recanvassing results will be posted as .PDF files at the county Board of Elections’ Web site when it is completed.
In Taghkanic, incumbent Republican Supervisor Betty Young is still in the lead with 311 votes to Democratic contender Loretta Hoffmann’s 230.
Incumbent Democrat Ray Staats is now beating Republican councilwoman Carol Lent 380 to 224 in Clermont’s race for town supervisor.
Gallatin’s Republican supervisor, Lynda Scheer, is ahead of Peter Arnone, who ran on the Independent and Conservative lines for supervisor, by 206 to 52.
In Stuyvesant, incumbent Republican Supervisor Valerie Bertram is in the lead over Democratic candidate Lee Jamison, 378 to 349.
Claverack’s race is still tight, but not as tight as before. Democratic supervisor candidate Robin Andrews, a village trustee in Philmont, is leading incumbent Republican Supervisor Jim Keegan by 21 votes, with 872 to 851.
Previously, the BOE had Andrews leading Keegan by seven votes.
Valatie Attorney Pat Grattan, Kinderhook Republican candidate for supervisor, beat incumbent Democrat Doug McGivney by a landslide, 1,773 to 1,014.
It’s also a landslide in Livingston, with Republican Supervisor candidate Kevin McDonald leading incumbent Democrat Phil Williams 545 to 261.
Ancram is still close, and closer than previously indicated by the BOE, which had incumbent Republican Supervisor Tom Dias losing by 67 votes. The numbers now show Democratic candidate Art Bassin still in the lead, but by a smaller margin, with 317 votes for Bassin and 302 for Dias.
In Austerlitz, incumbent Democrat George Jahn is losing to Republican supervisor candidate Jeff Braley, 355 to 278.
Canaan shows incumbent Republican Rick Keaveney winning over Independence party candidate and county director of Veterans’ Affairs Gary Flaherty, 348 to 154.
In Germantown, Republican Supervisor Roy Brown is still defending his position with 426 votes to Democratic candidate David Forman’s 339.
Greenport’s race is still a wide margin, with Democratic supervisor candidate Edward Nabozny in the lead with 772 votes to Republican Patrick Nolan’s 498.
Hudson’s second ward shows incumbent supervisor, Democrat Ed Cross, with 132 votes to Republican contender Tracy Decker’s 30. In the third ward, incumbent Democratic supervisor Joe Finn is trailing behind Republican William Hallenbeck, 110 to 128. In the fourth ward, incumbent supervisor, Democrat Billy Hughes, is winning in a landslide to Republican candidate Samuel Santiago, 112 to 31.
None of these results are final. Final results will be released after a BOE count of absentee and other paper ballots, slated to take place at 9 a.m. Tuesday.
A full list of lever machine results will be available on the Board of Elections Web site, www.columbiacountyny.com/depts/elections/index.html, once compiled.
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