Joe Friday Posted November 8, 2023 Report Share Posted November 8, 2023 It hasn't even been 24 hours since the election results came in, and word has come from the DA's office Mike Korchak is trying to sweeten the deal for new Judge Debra Gelson to hire him as her law clerk. Korchak has floated lots of time off for Gelson in exchange for the job. "Extra" time off isn't something Korchak can authorize, as county employees there are county policies regarding vacation time. This would be time theft. But, ultimately it's Korchak who must determine if Gelson is at work or not. My source will keep an eye on how often Gelson is at work over the next 7 weeks. This may be something needing to be investigated by a special prosecutor in January, or another state agency. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bingking Posted November 8, 2023 Report Share Posted November 8, 2023 1 hour ago, Joe Friday said: It hasn't even been 24 hours since the election results came in, and word has come from the DA's office Mike Korchak is trying to sweeten the deal for new Judge Debra Gelson to hire him as her law clerk. Korchak has floated lots of time off for Gelson in exchange for the job. "Extra" time off isn't something Korchak can authorize, as county employees there are county policies regarding vacation time. This would be time theft. But, ultimately it's Korchak who must determine if Gelson is at work or not. My source will keep an eye on how often Gelson is at work over the next 7 weeks. This may be something needing to be investigated by a special prosecutor in January, or another state agency. Has the absentee ballots been counted yet? Bergman is down by 19 votes so I don’t believe the ship has sailed yet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tammy Dodson Posted November 8, 2023 Report Share Posted November 8, 2023 Yes the absentees are counted on election night. In the city of Binghamton there may be a dozen which came in after election day, not enough to change the outcome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QueenB Posted November 9, 2023 Report Share Posted November 9, 2023 Absentee have only been partially counted and affidavit haven't been counted at all, per the Broome County board of elections website. There's a change Bergman can still take this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bingking Posted November 9, 2023 Report Share Posted November 9, 2023 37 minutes ago, QueenB said: Absentee have only been partially counted and affidavit haven't been counted at all, per the Broome County board of elections website. There's a change Bergman can still take this. You are right and bergmans team posted about how an automatic manual recount is triggered in NYS with a margin of .5% or less than 20 votes and she is at 19. This race is not over and there is a realistic chance that she can still pull this off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Friday Posted November 9, 2023 Author Report Share Posted November 9, 2023 It's possible but not probable. Absentees strongly favor Democrats. We've seen this in Broome County many times where Republicans lead after Election Day, only for Democrats to take 60-70% of the absentees. Republicans vote in force on Election Day. Percentage wise early voting and absentee voting is always strongly Democratic voters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Former Democrat Posted November 9, 2023 Report Share Posted November 9, 2023 Partially counted means 98% counted. The absentee period lasts over a month, those were all counted with Tuesday's results. The only absentees to be counted are the few that come in after election day (post marked by Election Day). This isn't like the old days of absentees, where thousands were counted after the election, the state changed that process last year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QueenB Posted November 9, 2023 Report Share Posted November 9, 2023 We also aren't talking about 100 votes, we are talking about less than 20... If it was anymore than that I wouldn't think it was a possibility. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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