NY begins absentee ballot count nearly one week after election
Counties across New York began to count more than 1.5 million absentee ballots Monday, a last push that will determine the outcome of several races that remain undecided nearly a week after Election Day.
Unlike many states, New York didn’t allow the process of counting those absentee ballots to begin before Friday.
The mail-in vote has the potential to swing some races substantially, in the same pattern that happened in some states during the presidential race.