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Friday, November 13, 2020
Vol. 8, No. 46
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13, 2020 Special Section • November A Blank Slate Media
Absentee votes may decide local races Over 140,000 uncounted ballots cast in Nassau BY R OB E RT PELAEZ Nassau County candidates remained in election purgatory this week as they awaited the results of the counting of mailin ballots. More than 140,000 absentee ballots, a record, were received in Nassau County for the general elections, according to state figures. Though it didn’t take long for major news outlets to confirm that former Vice President Joe Biden had won New York,
PHOTO BY ROSE WELDON
Ben Rabizadeh of Great Neck joined North Shore residents and supporters of President Donald Trump in the parking lot of the Macy’s in Manhasset prior to gathering outside the Woodbury-based studios of News 12 Long Island to protest over the weekend. See story on page 3.
local races throughout Long Island still lay in the balance because of the number of ballots cast by mail. Counting of those ballots was expected to get underway this week. Officials from the Nassau County Board of Elections did not say when the counting would conclude but did say results would be finalized by Nov. 28. Nassau Democratic Elections Commissioner James Scheuerman said 142,962 absentee ballots were cast in Nas-
sau County this year during the COVID-19 pandemic, a figure that shatters the previous record of 48,000 in 2016. Counties throughout the state were permitted to begin canvassing, the process of ensuring all absentee ballots are accounted for, on Nov. 6, according to state officials. The Nov. 6 date was the last possible day for the state Board of Elections to conduct a comprehensive overview and ensure that no one’s vote counted more than once. Continued on Page 31
Biden, Harris celebrated by state, local Democrats Cuomo, Curran, Suozzi among well-wishers BY R OB E RT PELAEZ
elect Kamala Harris. Today we go forward in hope and progress.” Cuomo was among Demo“This is a historic day,” Gov. Andrew Cuomo said. “After the cratic officials in Nassau County darkness, division and hate of and New York reacting with joy the past four years, America to Biden’s defeat of Republican has spoken and rejected more President Donald Trump, which of the same. Congratulations to became clear over the weekend. Jay Jacobs, chairman of the my good friend President-elect Joe Biden and to Vice President- state and county Democratic
committees, said the “hard work” now begins to combat divisiveness that has been prominent in this year’s election campaign. “Today isn’t about Democrats or Republicans, it’s about Americans coming together to unite our country,” Jacobs said. “We campaigned and voted for Joe Biden not because he was the Continued on Page 30
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