Testing of a voting machine that produced 40 extra phantom votes in a disputed Huntingon town board election will not take place until Monday.
The testing, which had been scheduled for Friday, was put off because one of the two chief mechanics from the Nassau Board of Elections could not make it. Although lawyers were supposed to return to court Monday, that appearance will likely be delayed, though no new date has been set.
The race involves Democratic incumbent Glenda Jackson, who was leading in the unofficial count by 23 votes, not counting the extra votes on the vexsome voting machine. That machine also had Jackson in the lead 107 to 89. Democrats say the case is moot ...
Rick Brand
...because even if 40 votes were taken from Jackson she would still win by 4. However, Republicans maintain there is no way of telling exactly how many votes were changed, since there is frequently a drop-off as voters go down the ballot line.
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So what happened.