In NY State, a party must receive 50,000 votes for Governor in order to gain automatic ballot status (and have its party name appear on the voter registration form.) News that the NYC vote tally is 17% higher than first reported, bodes well for the Libertarians, whose candidate, Warren Redlich, was close to the 50,000 mark.
from Ballot Access News
New York City Final Official Vote Count is 17% Higher than Election Night Tally
December 2nd, 2010
New York state is still tallying the official results for the November 2, 2010. However, the New York city Board of Elections has just finished its tally. According to this story, its final official count of the number of votes cast is 17% higher than the total reported a few days after the election.
This news is good news for the Libertarian Party. The odds that the party polled at least 50,000 votes for Governor are now considerably better.
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Yup. Mitre and Gaudin both have one more arb year.