As of November 23, the tally in New York’s special election from November 3, 2009, for the U.S. House, 23rd district, stands at: Bill Owens (Democrat, Working Families) 72,711; Doug Hoffman (Conservative) 69,314; Dede Scozzafava (Republican, Independence) 8,619. Only 628 absentee ballots remain to be counted. See this story. Although it seems impossible that Owens can be defeated, Hoffman might conceivably mount some sort of challenge to the vote-counting process.