Ball, Wagner Race: Small Chunk of Westchester Votes Still Unavailable

Ballots that remain uncounted in the race for the New York State 40th Senate District seat will be available Nov. 15, election officials say.

Approximately 15 percent of Westchester County districts haven't reported results because they were frozen by the county board of elections.

Across the board, Greg Ball's (R, C, I) lead over Justin Wagner (D, Working Families) appears to be about 4,000 votes. The incumbent declared himself the winner late Tuesday, while Wagner's camp said they are waiting for official numbers. Read their full statements here.

Elections are recanvassing the frozen ballots, which show a varying number of districts reporting for a range of matchups. Results to date show Wagner with 36,334 votes (52 percent) and Ball with 33,328 (48 percent).

The district covers parts of Dutchess and Putnam too, where unofficial results show Ball with a majority of votes: 5,161 (61.382 percent) and 14,741 (60.271 percent), respectively. Wagner took 3,243 (38.570 percent) and 9,704 (39.676), respectively.

When asked for an estimate of the number of votes missing in the 15 percent of districts not reporting, a staff member at the Westchester BOE was unable to provide a figure. Because the machines in those districts experienced issues, officials cannot determine how many votes were issued until the recount is complete, she said.