The 22nd Congressional District Vote Results is now Three Months long.
In the last Undecided Congressional Race in the Country, Lawyers for Incumbent Rep. Anthony Brindisi (D) and his Challenger Claudia Tenney (R), who held the Seat before him, and Leads in the Vote, are Scheduled to tell a Judge whether they believe a State Court should have the Ability to Unseat a Member of Congress.
A startling number of Tabulation Errors by the Local Boards of Elections in the District have prompted so many Rulings from the Judge overseeing the Count that both Candidates are likely to Appeal one or more of them.
So on Monday, in an 11th hour as the District’s Eight Counties were ready to finally Certify their New, Court-ordered Vote Counts, Brindisi’s Legal Team pointed out that even if Numbers were Finalized, Rulings on which Ballots were Included or Excluded could be later Shot Down by an Appellate Court. Tenney’s Unofficial lead of 123 Votes is slim enough that a Tweak to the Standards put in place by State Supreme Court Justice Scott DelConte could Flip the Result.
DelConte, who has also been trapped in the Neverending Story of this testy Re-Match, begrudgingly agreed that could be an Issue and told Oneida County, which has had some Big Counting Problems so far, to Hold-Off on Certifying its Count.
If the Wrong Person is sent to Congress based on his Order, Can or Should an Appellate Court be able to Remove them? The Legal Teams will present their Opinions on that Today.
With the current Lead, Tenney, naturally, already Declared herself the Victor in a Press Release this week that also accused Brindisi of trying to Block her Win.
Brindisi’s Team countered that by pointing out that Nothing has been Certified yet, and saying a Margin of less than .04% requires Delicate Handling and a possible Recount required by State Laws.
Whatever DelConte says Today, please note this is just the First Count, and a Second is far from Off the Table.
Amid this Legal Drama, more than 700,000 People, in the Central New York District, do Not have a Face in the House of Representatives.
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