New York City is set to begin counting its more than half a million mail-in ballots Monday — votes that could swing several local races.
While the deadline for the state’s local boards of election to receive absentee ballots is Tuesday, the city will at least get a jump on the ones it has so far.
As of Friday, the number of mail-in votes received by each borough was: 199,352 in Manhattan; 161,762 in Queens; 106,987 in Brooklyn; 52,049 in The Bronx and 31,351 in Staten Island.
The total is about half the 1.1 million absentee ballots requested by residents.
Local races yet to be called because of the ongoing ballot-counting include:
11th Congressional District
Republican Nicole Malliotakis looks set to defeat incumbent Dem US Rep. Max Rose in the 11th Congressional District covering Staten Island and southern Brooklyn.
The particularly bitter, multimillion-dollar race is virtually over, with Rose appearing to be too far behind to catch up to his foe even with the number of mail-in ballots yet to be counted. Malliotakis has already claimed victory, but Rose has non conceded.
“As a soldier who fought for our democracy, I believe every vote should be counted,” he told reporters on election night.