Absentee vote count postponed in Golden-Gounardes race
More than a week after Election Day, the contest between Republican state Sen. Martin Golden and Democratic challenger Andrew Gounardes was still not close to being certified by the Board of Elections.
On Nov. 15, it was learned that the Board of Elections’ official count of absentee ballots that had been scheduled to take place that day was being postponed until the following day, Nov. 16.
Gounardes, a lawyer, is the apparent winner of the race, having earned 50.9 percent of the vote total (31,168 votes) to Golden’s 49.1 percent (30,039 votes) in the 22nd Senate District.