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Newburgh board canvasses affidavit ballots, incorporates 18 votes into final count
Summary
The Newburgh City School District Board of Education canvassed affidavit ballots at a May 21 special meeting; the clerk reported 43 affidavit envelopes returned, 6 rejected, and 18 added to the official totals, bringing the district's overall turnout to 2,986 votes.
The Newburgh City School District Board of Education on May 21 conducted a formal canvass of affidavit ballots and accepted amended election totals that incorporated 18 valid affidavit votes, the board clerk said.
Clerk of the board Mr. Shaw told the board that 43 affidavit ballots were returned at the district's nine polling sites, 24 of which matched Orange County Board of Elections registration records. "The affidavit ballots are counted after all of the other ballots are counted," Shaw said, and the poll clerks flagged six ballots as rejected; the remaining 18 were opened and tallied as part of the official canvass.
Why it matters: the canvass finalized vote totals used to…
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