The Republican nominee in the race for Livingston County district attorney could be determined in about a week, an official said Tuesday.
Laura Schoonover, co-election commissioner for the Livingston County Board of Elections, said the board so far has received 229 of the 341 absentee ballots it sent out.
"We'll have to open the ballots and however long that will take, I don't know. And then we'll have to add everything and certify, so it could be a week or so yet," she said.
The ballots must be postmarked the day before the election and received by today. They will be crucial in deciding the close race between Steve Sessler and Eric Schiener, who are vying for the Republican bid in the county's district attorney race.
Unofficial results from last Thursday's primary showed Sessler carried a 19-vote lead over Schiener, in a 1,792 to 1,773 tally. With the race too close to call, no winner will be decided until after the board receives the absentee ballots.
Whatever the final results, Sessler will advance to the general election with an endorsement from the Conservative Party.
Schiener had filed a petition to run on a third-party line, the Law and Justice party. However, the board still has to determine the status of Schiener's third-party-line candidacy.
"The commissioners review the objections that come in and we're still reviewing them," Schoonover said.
Jason McGuire, Sessler's campaign manager, said Sessler's team is cautious but confident.
"I think we had a very aggressive absentee ballot program and I think that's going to pay off now as many people did not take into account the importance of every vote, even the absentee ballots. I think we see (in) a race this close, those who really reached out to those candidates, it's those voters who are going to make a difference and we're cautious but confident that Steve Sessler will emerge as the nominee," he said.
For Schiener, the race isn't over until every vote is counted.
"I'm encouraged about where the absentees are coming from, the towns and villages, and I certainly hope that the absentee voters were mindful of experience and of the best-qualified candidate and if they were, I'm hopeful for a victory tomorrow," he said.
Acting District Attorney Gregory McCaffrey is running for the district attorney seat as a Democrat in the general election.
The Republican nominee in the race for Livingston County district attorney could be determined in about a week, an official said Tuesday.
Laura Schoonover, co-election commissioner for the Livingston County Board of Elections, said the board so far has received 229 of the 341 absentee ballots it sent out.
"We'll have to open the ballots and however long that will take, I don't know. And then we'll have to add everything and certify, so it could be a week or so yet," she said.
The ballots must be postmarked the day before the election and received by today. They will be crucial in deciding the close race between Steve Sessler and Eric Schiener, who are vying for the Republican bid in the county's district attorney race.
Unofficial results from last Thursday's primary showed Sessler carried a 19-vote lead over Schiener, in a 1,792 to 1,773 tally. With the race too close to call, no winner will be decided until after the board receives the absentee ballots.
Whatever the final results, Sessler will advance to the general election with an endorsement from the Conservative Party.
Schiener had filed a petition to run on a third-party line, the Law and Justice party. However, the board still has to determine the status of Schiener's third-party-line candidacy.
"The commissioners review the objections that come in and we're still reviewing them," Schoonover said.
Jason McGuire, Sessler's campaign manager, said Sessler's team is cautious but confident.
"I think we had a very aggressive absentee ballot program and I think that's going to pay off now as many people did not take into account the importance of every vote, even the absentee ballots. I think we see (in) a race this close, those who really reached out to those candidates, it's those voters who are going to make a difference and we're cautious but confident that Steve Sessler will emerge as the nominee," he said.
For Schiener, the race isn't over until every vote is counted.
"I'm encouraged about where the absentees are coming from, the towns and villages, and I certainly hope that the absentee voters were mindful of experience and of the best-qualified candidate and if they were, I'm hopeful for a victory tomorrow," he said.
Acting District Attorney Gregory McCaffrey is running for the district attorney seat as a Democrat in the general election.
