Just over 7,000 ballots for judicial candidates from Suffolk County voters possibly affected by Hurricane Sandy must be counted by the county’s election officials, a judge ruled yesterday.
Wayne Rogers, Suffolk County’s Board of Elections Republican commissioner, had argued that the affidavit ballots from his county cast in the 10th Judicial Districtwhich covers both Nassau and Suffolk countiesshould not be counted because they did not indicate those voters were affected by the storm. Supreme Court Justice Anthony Marano (See Profile), Nassau County’s administrative judge, disagreed and ruled all 7,026 must be counted.
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