Espaillat, watching Rangel’s lead shrink as votes are counted, even demanded he be declared the winner and Democratic nominee for Congress in the 13th District, according to court papers.
“We really don’t know who won this race,” Espaillat told The Post yesterday, even as his court papers portrayed him as the victor. (Continues)
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Why Can’t New York City Count Votes?
Voters in New York State use a vote-scanning system that can tally votes
swiftly and, in most cases, correctly. Not New York City. The city’s
Board of Elections uses a creaky system of counting by hand that is
prone to embarrassing errors on election night.
On June 26, the board announced that Representative Charles Rangel had
won the Democratic primary in his newly drawn district by 1,900 votes.
But, in 79 of 506 precincts, the vote count was recorded as zero. Then the board recounted,
and Mr. Rangel led his nearest competitor, State Senator Adriano
Espaillat, by 802 votes — with 2,000 absentee ballots or affidavits
still to be counted. (MORE)
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