timesunion.com - 4/14/2009
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Kirsten Gillibrand gets a vote in the U.S. Senate, but Republicans are hoping to invalidate her ballot in the race that will decide her replacement in the House of Representatives. Poll watchers for Republican congressional candidate Jim Tedisco challenged Gillibrand's absentee ballot when it ...
thehill.com - 4/10/2009
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thehill.com —
Democrat Scott Murphy has taken a 46-vote lead
in the special election for Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand’s (D-N.Y.)...
former House seat, as absentee votes continue to be counted. Murphy took the lead Friday morning after more than 1,400 of 6,700 absentee ...
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Democrat in NY-20 ups lead to 46 votes
registerstar.com - 4/17/2009
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registerstar.com —
Tedisco asks to be declared winner Murphy still
holds lead By Jamie Larson COLUMBIA COUNTY — 20th...
Congressional District candidate Republican Jim Tedisco submitted a petition to the Dutchess County Supreme Court Thursday asking the judge to declare ...
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The Register Star Online
blogs.timesunion.com - 4/14/2009
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blogs.timesunion.com —
This just in from Columbia County: when Sen.
Kirsten Gillibrand’s absentee ballot came up in the queue,...
the poll watchers for Jim Tedisco objected to it, saying the senator was in the county on election day and should have voted in person.
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Even Gillibrand’s ballot challenged
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GOP Tries to De-Count Kristen Gillibrand's Vote
Politics Daily —
... Seems pretty foolish to try to disenfranchise a U.S. Senator on a technicality ... but when you're down by just 47 votes, you've got to hustle. ...
Taking Things A Tad Far?
Talking Points Memo —
... But now comes word that the GOP has challenged the absentee ballot cast by Sen. Kristen Gillibrand (D-NY), who held this seat until she was appointed to replace Hillary Clinton. ...
New York Case Law Says Gillibrand's Ballot Is Valid -- Even If GOP Claim Is True
TPM Election Central —
... The issue here is that New York requires absentee voters to have a good reason to vote this way rather than on Election Day -- in this case, Gillibrand planned to be outside of her home in Columbia County, voting at the Senate in Washington. But the GOP claims she was in the district anyway, seemingly rendering her excuse for a ballot null -- that she should have gone to the polls to cast her vote there, they say. ...
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