Each machine has two memory cards. After the election, workers check each machine to make sure the numbers match up on both cards.
Workers also randomly choose 3 percent of the machines and hand-count the paper ballots.
On the second Thursday after the election, they start opening absentee ballots and counting the affidavit ballots. The two commissioners - one Republican, one Democrat - judge whether each is valid.
Candidates who want to challenge those votes can ask a judge to review the affidavits or absentees or order commissioners to hand-count all paper ballots.
As of Monday morning, there were 1,598 absentee ballots mailed to Syracuse voters and 816 had been returned. Today is the last day to postmark an absentee ballot.
Czarny said there has not been a full recount in New York on the new voting system, but judges have ordered audits of more than 3 percent of machines.
The most high-profile too-close-to-call election in Central New York was the 2010 Congressional race between Democrat Dan Maffei and Republican Ann Marie Buerkle. Buerkle was declared the winner after three weeks.
- 2017 Syracuse mayor’s race: What happens if winner is too close to call on election night?, Syracuse.com, November 7, 2017.
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Zhang Xin is Trainer at chinadaily.com.cn. He has been with China Daily since 1988, when he graduated from Beijing Foreign Studies University. Write him at: zhangxin@chinadaily.com.cn, or raise a question for potential use in a future column.
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