Colby Hamilton of NY1 reports that the legal process went in Fidler's favor, so far. The referees, appointed by Judge Schmidt, recommended validating 143 of 164 ballots contested by Storobin, and 35 out of 54 contested by Fidler.
Seperately, both campaigns have general contests on a number of ballots that the judge will have to rule on.
That include a Storobin request that the eligibility of over 50 permanent absentee votes should be proven by the BoE - the latter maintains that they can't produce the documentation - and the Fidler challenge against about 100 absentees that were ordered by one Storobin operative whom they accuse of committing fraud.
As of now, Fidler has a good chance to overcome the Storobin 3 votes lead - according to the BoE his lead is higher with one vote then previously reported - since more votes seen favorable to him are recommended to come back into the play. No one knows for certain how these people actually voted, and it seems that it will not be known until next Wednesday.
At least my fellow non-religious and non-Jewish bloggers will not enjoy the developments while I and Judge Schmidt observe the Passover holiday.
And Assemblyman Hikind told Colin Campbell that if Storobin wins, he will deserve to run in the super-Jewish district. He's talking about writing a book - don't know if it's serious.
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