New York House rematch plays out the only way it could: Strange and complicated

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This is more just kinda interesting for the weirdness factor than anything.

New York House rematch plays out the only way it could: Strange and complicated

There's still no winner between Anthony Brindisi and Claudia Tenney, as lawyers argue over a bloodstain. Or was it a bit of chocolate?

www.politico.com

At issue was whether the marking was a bloodstain or a bit of chocolate, a crucial distinction. With roughly a dozen votes separating winner from loser, blood — an identifying marker — could mean tossing out the ballot because it is supposed to be secret. And with roughly a dozen votes separating incumbent Democrat Anthony Brindisi and Republican challenger Claudia Tenney, literally every vote was crucial.

“Your Honor, I respectfully suggest that blood itself is not identifying without a DNA test,” Brindisi's attorney told the judge last week, arguing in favor of counting the ballot.

The blood-chocolate imbroglio is hardly the only odd take in the rematch between Brindisi and Tenney, and observers are likely to be biting their nails for the foreseeable future as the saga — facilitated by a chimera of 2020-specific circumstances — plays out.