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Early voting sets a record with 79,000 ballots cast over nine days. More than 25,000 have mailed-in their ballots.
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Voters can stop at any of 10 locations to cast their ballots through Sunday.
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Oct. 26 is the last day to register to vote and to apply for an absentee or early mail-in ballot.
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County elections commissioners first told WAER News they faced a 20,000 voter backlog in late September, apparently sounding alarm bells for state officials.
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The commissioners presented a bi-partisan budget plan to add six workers to handle the growing volume of work.
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The state's highest court, the Court of Appeals, upheld the state's law allowing ballots to be cast by mail.
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On Tuesday, Onondaga County Democrats are choosing who will advance to the November election in NY-22 and in senate district 50; Republicans are deciding on their favorite in senate district 48.
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There are about 5,500 more non-enrolled voters in the county than enrolled Republicans. Enrolled Democrats outnumber Republicans by nearly 33,700.
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Less than 1,000 of nearly 198,000 enrolled Democrat and Republican voters have cast ballots during early voting for the presidential primaries.
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Democratic challenger Emily Essi expanded her lead to more than 300 votes after all absentees were counted, but it still falls within range for a hand recount.