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Suffolk County Board of Elections Says Hack Will Not Interfere With Vote

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County elections staff counting absentee ballots by hand in 2016. The state has changed rules for absentee ballots that delayed the results in close races for weeks. Absentee ballots will be scanned as soon as they are received this year and will be added to the early voting tallies on election night, potentially giving a clearer picture of vote results early on.

County elections staff counting absentee ballots by hand in 2016. The state has changed rules for absentee ballots that delayed the results in close races for weeks. Absentee ballots will be scanned as soon as they are received this year and will be added to the early voting tallies on election night, potentially giving a clearer picture of vote results early on.

authorMichael Wright on Nov 2, 2022
Suffolk County Board of Elections officials say the lingering complications from the hacking of county computers poses zero threat to the integrity of next Tuesday’s election tallies. But the impact... more

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