Is This Fake News, Or The New Math? Just Sayin'.

[mark blazejewski]

This is the "Buffalo News" report of the Morton-Burso race published on November 8:

"Democrats will retake control of the Erie County Legislature in January after four years in the minority. The Republican-supported majority, which managed to keep a slim, one-vote lead since 2014, lost a key seat Tuesday night.
That race made all the difference, as Democrats now will have a one-seat majority.
Incumbent Republican Ted Morton lost his seat in the 8th District, which includes the towns of Alden, Cheektowaga and Lancaster, and the villages of Lancaster and Depew. His Democratic challenger, political newcomer John Bruso, won the seat with 53 percent of the vote."

These are the unofficial results as posted on the Erie County B.O.E. website:

Office LEGISLATOR 8TH DISTRICT

PARTY 73 Districts out of 73 Reporting (100)% Votes Percent

D BRUSO, JOHN 8,875 45%
G BRUSO, JOHN 250 1%
W BRUSO, JOHN 872 4%
WEP BRUSO, JOHN 199 1%

BRUSO, JOHN Totals 10,196 51%

R MORTON, TED B 7,009 35%
C MORTON, TED B 2,176 11%
I MORTON, TED B 503 3%
REF MORTON, TED B 55 0%

MORTON, TED B Totals 9,743 49%

Office Totals 19,939 100%
TURN-OUT 34%

I am not saying that the overall outcome will change, but apparently there are far more than 453 absentee ballots to be counted.

Perhaps Morton would be well-served with extreme unction, but shrouding appears to be premature.

Just sayin'.