The campaign teams of Melinda Katz and Tiffany Cabán will have to set aside their differences over 114 contested ballots in the too-close-to-call Queens DA Democratic primary while the recount gets underway.
The teams met in Queens court Tuesday to argue over the 114 ballots — which could decide the election and were previously ruled invalid by the Board of Elections — but a judge said a full recount of the 90,000 valid votes cast must conclude before anyone argues over the remaining 114 forms.
Board of Elections reps said that the recount, which got underway Tuesday, could take a minimum of 10 days with elections workers tallying ballots for eight to 10 hours a day, six days a week.
Katz, who has the party’s backing, leads Democratic Socialist-endorsed insurgent Tiffany Cabán by a mere 16 votes after Cabán’s 1,100-vote election night lead evaporated when BOE workers began tallying paper ballots after the primary.