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Recounts proceed in Nassau and Suffolk races

Originally published: November 16, 2010 3:24 PM
Updated: November 16, 2010 9:49 PM
By MITCHELL FREEDMAN AND WILLIAM MURPHY.  mitchell.freedman@newsday.com,, william.murphy@newsday.com

Nassau County election volunteers continue count absentee ballots

Photo credit: Danielle Finkelstein | Nassau County election volunteers continue count absentee ballots in Mineola, Tuesday. (Nov. 16, 2010)

Two weeks after Election Day, officials in both Nassau and Suffolk counties were poring over absentee ballots Tuesday as they tried to determine the winner of a key State Senate race in Nassau and a congressional race in Suffolk.

In Nassau, Jack Martins, the Republican mayor of Mineola, holds a 236-vote lead in his bid to unseat Democrat Craig Johnson, who won office in a special election...

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