Judge seems skeptical of Brindisi effort to revive ‘purged’ votes in NY22nd fight Updated Jan 07, 2021; OSWEGO, N.Y. — An effort by Democrat Anthony Brindisi to count ballots from voters who were purged from state voter rolls was met with tough questions from State Supreme Court Judge Scott DelConte today. DelConte will rule on about 2,500 challenged ballots case in New York’s 22nd Congressional District, the only undecided race in the House of Representatives. Brindisi, of Utica, currently trails Tenney, a Republican from New Hartford, by 29 votes of 311,695 cast for the two candidates. Brindisi is fighting for every vote in a race this close, and DelConte on Wednesday seemed skeptical of an argument that his attorneys have offered regarding at least 80 purged voters from Oneida County he hopes to add to the count.