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Chautauqua County officials have about 4,500 paper ballots to count. Counting Erie and Chautauqua Counties, there?s a combined 13,000 paper ballots to be counted.
Naples is expected to pick up a majority of those Chautauqua County ballots, but she?ll need close to 70-percent of those ballots just to close the current gap with Higgins.
?Hopefully by the end of the day Tuesday, we?ll have a good sense of where the votes are in both Erie and Chautauqua Counties. And we?ll be able to give candidates some guidance as to what we project the winner to be,? added Mohr.
Yesterday, officials from Erie County's Board of election counted ballots. By the end of the day, Higgins had gained 258 additional votes, giving him an overall lead of 3,385 votes.
As for the first day, ?It went well. It was slow, meticulous, and thorough. And we did get through a number of districts,? said Erie County Board of Elections Commissioner Larry Adamczyk.
?I?m very pleased with the progress we made,? added Erie County Elections Commissioner Ralph Mohr.
In the Delaware District in the City of Buffalo, Brian Higgins picked up 213 votes, Nancy Naples picked up 94 votes. That?s a net gain of 119 votes in the Delaware District for Higgins.
In the Ellicott District in the City of Buffalo, Brian Higgins picked up 197 votes, Nancy Naples picked up 57 votes. That?s a net gain of 140 votes for Higgins in the Ellicott District.
And in the Town of Brant, Brian Higgins picked up ten votes, Nancy Naples eleven votes. That?s a net gain of one vote for Nancy Naples in Brant.
?That?s typical. When a candidate is ahead, they usually pick up votes,? said Adamczyk.
