Legislative District 8 Absentee Ballots To Be Counted Next Week

SUFFOLK COUNTY, NY - It looks like an official winner of the Suffolk County 8th Legislative District race won't be announced until next week. The hotly contest race between incumbent William Lindsay III and Anthony Piccirillo ended too close to call after Election Day last week.

According to the unofficial results, challenger Piccirillo (R) received 9,130 votes while Lindsay (D) received 8,907 votes. The Suffolk Board of Elections still have to count over 600 absentee and affidavit ballots before an official winner can be announced, which could sway the vote. Those votes will be counted on Nov. 19.

During the last election in 2017, Lindsay won by only 244 votes after all the absentee ballots were counted. However on election night 2017, Lindsay beat out Piccirillo. He received 9,954 votes that night while Piccirillo received 9,711.

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It is unknown the exact amount of absentee ballots, According to Newsday, Republican elections Commissioner Nick LaLota says there are 317 Republican and 221 Democratic absentee voters to account for while Democratic Commissioner Anita Katz says there are 295 absentee Republican votes and 206 absentee Democratic votes in the district.

The 8th district is the only legislative district that was too close to call following election night. The incumbents in all other districts beat out their opponents last week.

District 8 includes Bayport-Blue-Point, Holbrook, Holtsville, Sayville, West Sayville, Oakdale and parts of Ronkonkoma, Bohemia and Medford.