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Serving Norwood, Bedford Park, Fordham and University Heights NORWOOD NEWS Vol. 25, No. 14 ■ PUBLISHED BY MOSHOLU PRESERVATION CORPORATION ■ July 12 –25, 2012 DANCING IN THE HEAT Espaillat Cries Foul, Clouding Election Result By ALEX KRATZ On primary election night two weeks ago, Adriano Espail - lat, a state senator looking to become the first Dominican-born member of Congress, thanked his supporters and acknowl - edged that they had fallen just short of defeating longtime incumbent Charlie Rangel for the new 13th Congressional Dis - trict seat, which now includes a piece of the northwest Bronx. As the Board of Election continued to tally votes the next day, however, Rangel’s lead narrowed significantly. It eventual - ly dropped to 802 votes or about 2 percent of the total vote. On top of the new numbers, Espaillat’s camp says it began hear - ing reports of voter suppression and irregularities in the vote count. Last week, seven days after conceding, Espaillat filed a law - suit against the Board of Elections calling on an outside mon - itor to oversee the final vote count and secure the ballots in case a recount was needed. A judge ultimately ordered the BOE to retain copies of all the ballots and said the court would Photo by Adi Talwar have to certify election results before they were sent to the KIDS TAKE ADVANTAGE of a fire hydrant shower outside of Williamsbridge Oval Park last week during state Board of Elections. That certification would not take a scorching heat wave around the Independence Day holiday. place until at least Wednesday, July 11, after the Norwood News went to press.
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