NEW YORK—Longtime Rep. Charles Rangel will have to wait a little longer before he can begin to campaign for his 22nd term in office in the 13th district.
His opponent in the primary, state Sen. Adriano Espaillat, sued the NYC Board of Elections and got his day in court Thursday.
State Supreme Court Justice John Carter ruled the city’s Board of Elections cannot certify the election until he approves it, which would make the election results official.
The Board of Elections began the tedious process of reviewing 2,000 absentee and affidavit ballots on Thursday, with observers from each camp overseeing the process.
Counting stopped for the day at 6 p.m., with no results announced.
On election night, June 26, the board declared Rangel the winner by 1,900 votes. However, in 79 precincts, no votes were recorded. A recount was ordered and Rangel’s lead dropped to 802 votes.
In addition to the vote counting, Espaillat’s lawyer, Leo Glickman, asked the judge to consider other aspects of the election. “We have identified many instances in which people were turned away from the polls,” said Glickman, according to AP.
No time table has been set for the election to be finalized.
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