New York: Randy Altschuler Will Try to Rid Long Island of Tim Bishop Again

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New York: New Voting Systems May be Responsible for Confusion in Close Races

Two weeks after the Nov. 2 elections, two House races and three state Senate contests across New York remain too close to call. And the state's new electronic voting system, where optical scanners and paper ballots replaced lever machines, has emerged in each case as both the solution and the scapegoat.
In the House races, Democrats Tim Bishop in the first Congressional District and Dan Maffei in the 25th District have gone to court requesting a hand re-count of the paper ballots. Both narrowly trail Republican challengers with thousands of absentee ballots yet to count.
In the state Senate races, the Democrats' lead election lawyer has said questions about the electronic machines could form the basis of any potential challenges to the outcome of the contests.

Wall Street Journal

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New York: Altschuler Takes Lead over Bishop in Long Island Congressional Race

The close congressional race on the East End of Long Island, which incumbent Democrat Tim Bishop appeared likely to win, is now up in the air after the Suffolk County Board of Elections found it had misreported the unofficial results by nearly 4,000 votes.
Republican challenger Randy Altschuler, who if he wins would become the second Jewish Republican in the House, is now reported to be in the lead by 383 votes. Bishop had initially been reported to be ahead by 3,461 votes.

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New York District 1: Tim Bishop Leads by Only 2 pts.

	Likely Voters	Republicans	Democrats	Independents
Tim Bishop (D)	47%	19%	70%	36%
Randy Altschuler (R)	45%	74%	25%	61%
Undecided	8%	7%	5%	4%

FDL / Survey USA