Employees of the Albany County Board of Elections review paper ballots during a 3% audit of voting machines in Albany, New York, on Nov. 13, 2012. (Paul Buckowski/Albany Times Union via Getty Images)
West said the prospect of a long ballot compounded staffing worries and increased the risk of missing the state’s 24-hour deadline for counting votes.
"It’s a second-degree misdemeanor if you’re not able to get those ballots counted on time and get them submitted, and we don’t want to put people in that position," he told the outlet.
West said funding the proposal presented another challenge, noting that while roughly $500,000 had already been raised, party leaders believed more money would be needed.
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Voters stand in line before casting ballots at a polling location in Dallas, Texas, on Nov. 8, 2022. (Nitashia Johnson/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
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"Proceeding without these elements would have placed our party and voters at significant legal, financial, and operational risk, and could have undermined the very integrity we have been striving to defend," county party Chairwoman Michelle Lopez said in a Dec. 22 letter, according to NBC News.
Ashley Carnahan is a writer at Fox News Digital.
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