Natalie Gonnella
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With less than five hours to go before the polls close in Western New York, the Buffalo News reports that GOP candidate Jane Corwin this afternoon obtained a court order barring a certification of a winner in the special 26th District election pending a hearing later this week.
According to the Buffalo News:
Under the judge's 11-page order, attorneys for Corwin have until Wednesday to serve copies of the court order on the election boards of Erie, Niagara, Genesee, Orleans, Wyoming, Livingston and Monroe counties, their sheriff's departments, the state Board of Elections and her three opponents...
...Chris Grant, a spokesman for the Corwin campaign, said the court action "is very typical" in such close elections.
"We recognize the closeness of the race and we want to make sure that every legal vote is counted fairly and accurately," Grant said...
...[State Supreme Court Justice Russell P. Buscaglia] has scheduled a hearing on the election case for 10:30 a.m. Thursday in his second-floor courtroom at 25 Delaware Ave. But the entire matter could be "moot" if the winning margin is sufficient to eliminate any need for court action, Wojtaszek said
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