A recanvass of the machines Friday morning at the Nassau Elections Board gave incumbent Democratic legislator David Mejias a 217-vote lead over Republican challenger Joseph Belesi, according to Democratic Elections Commissioner William Biamonte.
“Anyone who is saying this is not over has lost touch with reality,” Biamonte said, explaining that Belesi would have to win over 80 percent of the paper ballots to overtake Mejias.
Biamonte said there are 349 absentee ballots and about 33 affadavit ballots, which will be opened and counted on Monday.
Celeste Hadrick