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Article: Primary decided on paper ballots.(Capital Region)

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September 24, 2005
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ALBANY - Incumbent Michael Brown won the disputed Democratic Common Council primary in Third Ward on Friday when a count of paper ballots gave him a 17-vote margin of victory over Corey Ellis.

On Friday, at the Albany County Courthouse where the Board of Elections counted absentee and affidavit ballots, the final vote was 367-350. When the polls closed Sept. 13, the unofficial tally on voting machines was 342-337 in Brown's favor.

Ellis' lawyer, Mark Mishler, said his client would accept ...

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