Tagged: absentee ballots

The vast majority of incumbent state legislators were re-elected Tuesday night, upholding a decades-long Albany tradition.

In a statement released Tuesday morning, Congresswoman Ann Marie Buerkle indicated she is still not conceding her race to represent central New York's 24th congressional district, despite trailing by about 4 percent to Democrat Dan Maffei.

The candidates in the 24th congressional district contest were prepared for the race to go down to the wire, since polls predicted that democrat Dan Maffei and Ann Marie Buerkle were locked in a statistical tie, with Green Party candidate Ursula Rozum trailing behind. But it looks like former Congressman Maffei will be returning to Washington to represent central New York in Congress.

Election Day is here at last and polling places across upstate New York are prepared to be busy, because presidential election years tend to boost turnout.