I was part of the upstate Zeldin campaign and worked near the election integrity folks. Turnout yesterday throughout the day was through the roof. Every precinct that we were monitoring had higher than average turnout. Many precincts were completely full all day. I personally had to wait in line to vote for the first time ever (didn't even have to do that with Trump). Exit polling was 2-1 Republican in areas that went 50/50 for Trump.

So throughout the day we have turnout that people who have been working polls for 30 years have said was unprecedented, and yet the total vote is almost same as it was in 2018?

We got a message at 10pm that Lee was planning on declaring victory. At 11pm they called it for Hochul.

Supposedly there are another 1.4 million ballots that have not been reported yet, but I don't know where they are coming from. The campaign, even today, is confident in a way that I don't really understand.

I am not in the inner circle on these things, but I am told the remaining ballots (which would be 20% of what's currently tallied, and better represent what our precinct monitoring was tracking) will be tallied tonight.

I've reached the point where I have no idea what's really going on right now. Anyone else in NYS have info?