(bumped. - promoted by phillip anderson)
This just in from someone who was in the courtroom, but Judge James Brands in Dutchess County has ruled that the counting of paper ballots can begin the day after tomorrow. This could be a significant loss for the Tedisco campaign who had argued that ballots should not be counted until at least April 13, the deadline for overseas ballots to be received. Why? Because it would appear that the Tedisco campaign was using phony "exit polls" to build a list of voters to challenge before those ballots could ever be opened and counted.
The Murphy campaign argued in Judge Brands' courtroom this morning that ballot counting should begin as soon as possible and had suggested Wednesday as date to start.
This is potentially a very significant decision. I'm told that the ruling also contains the judge's guidelines for challenging ballots. More as I get it.
UPDATE: Here's the ruling (pdf)
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