No Clear End, Board of Elections Says They Have Counted 181,106 Emergency Ballots

Just after 5 pm on Saturday, November 7, the Westchester County Board of Elections WBOE) gave the first emergency ballot processing update since midday Friday. According to the figures provided by the WBOE, they have processed 181,106 emergency ballots.

This number is north of our working estimate of 160,000 Election Day ballots but there was no mention by the WBOE that the counting was complete or near complete and, as usual, there was no estimate about the timeline for the completion of the full count. The count may also include affidavit and other classes of ballots. There’s also no clear direction on this as well.

Here is what the WBOE provided:

“Emergency Ballot Processing Update

The Westchester County Board of Elections reports the following preliminary figures:

• Emergency Ballots Scanned November 4: 15,467

• Emergency Ballots Scanned November 5: 63,980

• Emergency Ballots Scanned November 6: 101,659″

Local Races So Lopsided, They are Clear without Your Vote

While being clear that these are not final counts, the races across the city of Rye (in state and federal races for officials representing Rye) are so lopsided or uncontested that it’s already clear who is in the winner’s circle.

As of Saturday, November 7, at 5:30 pm:

1. WINNER UNCONTESTED Rye City Councilmember, unexpired term — vote for one

• Emily S. Baldwin — Democratic 99.20%, 4,086 votes
• Write-in 0.80%, 33 votes
• Read: Q&A with City Council Candidate Emily Baldwin

2. WINNER UNCONTESTED Westchester County Legislator, 7th District — vote for one

• Anant Nambiar — Democratic – 99.44%, 15,210 votes
• Write-in 0.56%, 85 votes
• Read: Q&A with County Legislator Candidate Anant Nambiar

3. WINNER UNCONTESTED State Assembly Member, 91st District — vote for one

• Steven Otis — Democratic, Working Families – 99.63%, 30,143 VOTES
• Write-in 0.37%, 111 votes
• Read: New York State coverage archives

4. State Senator, 37th District — vote for one

• WINNER Shelley B. Mayer — Democratic, Working Families – 66.83%, 73,803 votes
• Thomas H. Fix, Jr. — Republican – 33.11%, 36,569 votes
• Write-in 0.06%, 62 votes
• Read: MyRye.com New York State coverage archives 

5. U.S. Representative, 16th Congressional District — vote for one

• WINNER George S. Latimer — Democratic Westchester Counts Only – 74.13%, 151,938 votes
• Joseph J. Cinquemani — Republican – 25.55%, 52,373 votes
• Write-in 0.32%, 652 votes
• Watch: League of Women Voters debate