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New York and Florida Primary Election News: Live Updates
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Elections Today In New York, Florida And Oklahoma
Florida and New York are Prepared Time is set: A series of primaries on Tuesday, some of which are highly competitive, pose the final test of each state’s performance in counting votes and reporting results on time.
New York is holding its first primaries as it streamlines its system for counting mail-in ballots, which election experts say should reduce delays. And Florida exempts a few from accepting mail-in ballots after in-person voting, so a few ballots still won’t be counted when the polls close.
But intense competition could undermine early results reporting, experts warn.
In Florida, most polling places close at 7 p.m. Eastern Time, but voting will end an hour later for parts of the Panhandle and Central Time zones. Half an hour after the election, election officials in all 67 counties should report to the state the results of the primary election and the voter registration they received at that time, Mark said. Ard, a spokesman for the Florida Department of State.
The first results are expected to appear on the state election website shortly after 8 p.m. Eastern time, and the district wants to post updates every 45 minutes until they complete their numbers, he said.
Absentee ballots must be received by the community by 7 p.m. local time, excluding military and foreign voters. The number of uncounted ballots after Election Day is expected to be small, said Ard, who said the state will review the totals.
About 98% of Florida’s ballots are counted on Election Day, said Stephen Ohlemacher, election results editor for the Associated Press. In the 2020 general election, 100% of Florida counties had declared election results by 1:02 a.m. Eastern Time the morning after the election, according to The A.P.
In New York, in-person voting ends statewide at 9 p.m. Sunrise time. Under the new state law, counties must begin processing mail-in ballots within four days of receiving them and can begin tabulating the results an hour before polls close, Mr. Ohlemacher said. In the past, he said, counting of mail-in ballots didn’t begin until a week after the election.
The change has had a major impact on the June 28 primaries in New York, which has confirmed the intraparty competition for governor and the state legislature, the lower house of the legislature. Only 1% of votes were not counted after election day. In the 2020 general election, it was 23%, according to The A.P.
But New York continues to lag behind other states in providing information on the number of mail-in ballots, Ohlemacher said, adding that it could delay the A.P. to know the winner of the close race.
Precincts will begin posting actual results to the state election results website at approximately 10 p.m. Eastern time, said Jennifer Wilson, a spokeswoman for the New York State Board.
