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Friday, November 13, 2020
Vol. 69, No. 46
WINTHROP RENAMED CORONAVIRUS CASES SPIKE NYU LANGONE PAGE 20
Local races to be decided by absentee ballots
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JANUARY REGENTS CANCELED PAGE 8
TEACHER’S PET
Delayed results to come from more than 140,000 cast in Nassau County BY R OB E RT PE L A E Z Nassau County candidates remained in election purgatory this week as they awaited the results of the counting of mail-in 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, 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 bal-
lots were cast in Nassau 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. Nassau officials such as County Executive Laura Curran have been vocal over the past month in promoting early voting and absentee ballots due to the coronavirus pandemic. According to early election figures, 1.4 million Long Islanders voted this year, compared with 1.33 million in 2016. Continued on Page 30
PHOTO COURTESY OF CHAMINADE HIGH SCHOOL
Chaminade High School’s dog Buster joins students in class.
Biden, Harris celebrated by state, local Democrats BY R OB E RT PELAEZ
has spoken and rejected more of the same. Congratulations to my good friend President-elect “This is a historic day,” Gov. Joe Biden and to Vice PresidentAndrew Cuomo said. “After the elect Kamala Harris. Today we darkness, division and hate of go forward in hope and progthe past four years, America ress.”
Cuomo was among Democratic officials in Nassau County and New York reacting with joy to Biden’s defeat of Republican President Donald Trump, which became clear over the weekend. Continued on Page 31
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