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Monday, November 05, 2012  Volunteers in Syracuse spent Monday night calling voters, asking for support of both local and national candidates on Election Day.

Monday, November 05, 2012  Request: use website for info, not phones

Thursday, November 01, 2012  New Yorkers will have extra time to apply for an absentee ballot in the wake of Hurricane Sandy.

Tuesday, November 08, 2011  Here are some of the featured races we’ll be following today, and reporting on tonight when polls close at 9:00 p.m.

Tuesday, August 16, 2011  A five-year labor deal that would freeze wages for three years for 66,000 union members but would avoid hundreds of layoffs was approved Monday night, the union and Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo's office announced.

Monday, August 15, 2011  The results of a union vote are expected late Monday afternoon on an austere contract proposal that is critical to workers but also to New York's state budget, a union spokesman said.

Friday, November 19, 2010  Dan Maffei has won the absentee ballot count in Onondaga County, but it's still not enough to take the lead in the 25th Congressional District race.

Friday, November 12, 2010  Ann Marie Buerkle’s lead over Congressman Dan Maffei in the race for the 25th Congressional District has grown slightly after some absentee ballots were counted this week.

Wednesday, November 10, 2010  Board of elections workers have started to count absentee ballots in the 25th Congressional District race.

Tuesday, November 09, 2010  The Maffei campaign is doing a survey and contacting absentee voters in the race for the 25th congressional district. A spokesperson for Maffei says there have been "reports" that people who died, voted absentee.

Thursday, November 04, 2010  The attorneys are on retainer and the votes are impounded - now the recounting is about to begin in the too close to call race to represent New York's 25th Congressional District.

Wednesday, October 13, 2010  Sen. Charles Schumer is calling on the New York State Board of Elections to give overseas voters 10 more days to return their ballots because four upstate counties and New York City mailed the ballots out late.

Wednesday, October 13, 2010  The U.S. Justice Department is suing New York's Board of Elections trying to guarantee that ballots sent late to military personnel and other Americans overseas are counted in the Nov. 2 election.

Tuesday, October 12, 2010  Sen. Charles Schumer is demanding that elections officials in New York City and four upstate counties put military ballots on the next plane to Afghanistan to make sure soldiers can cast their votes.

Thursday, September 16, 2010  The candidates hoping to get the Republican nomination in the 23rd Congressional District race are waiting for official results.