Amid errors and delays, a lesson from New York 22nd race: How not to run an election Updated Feb 03, 2021; Posted Feb 03, 2021 Carolann Cardone, right in cat mask, and Rose Grimaldi testify in late November about how sticky notes with important information might have fallen off ballots in the 22nd Congressional District race. It was the tip of the iceberg. Facebook Share UTICA, N.Y. – Rose Grimaldi and Carolann Cardone huddled over tables stacked with more than 1,000 ballots at Mohawk Valley Community College last week, fixing their third big mistake in the nation’s only undecided Congressional race. They discovered they’d tossed nearly 400 ballots from people whose votes should have counted. It was just the latest mistake that has delayed the results of the 22nd Congressional District race for nearly three months.