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GOP subpoenas residency records in 46th SD
Dec 04, 2012 6:10 am
Jimmy Vielkind reports at Capitol Confidential Republicans have subpoenaed residency records in the 46th Senate District race between George Amedore and Cecilia Tkaczyk (KAT-chik). Acting Montgomery County Supreme Court Justice Guy Tomlinson heard arguments Mon., Dec. 3, on the best method for counting 887 disputed ballots. Objections were filed against 75 percent of those ballots by the GOP. The judge has agreed to consider objections to the applications for absentee ballots, based on information voters may have failed to include pertinent information on the ballots. and voting residency questions, as well. According to a statement released by the Amedore campaign late Monday, Tomlinson reserved ruling on the motions until the legal debate over absentee and affidavit challenges begin Tuesday morning, in Fonda. The review will start with Schenectady ballots and then move onto Montgomery County. Read the full stoy at Capitol Confidential, a Times Union blog.