New York Must Count Previously Invalidated Mail-In Ballots: Judge

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo speaks at a press conference in New York City on July 6, 2020. Cuomo defended the state's policy that mandated nursing homes accept residents who tested positive for COVID-19. David Dee Delgado/Getty Images

New York election officials must count thousands of mail-in ballots that were previously deemed invalid, a federal judge ruled late Monday.

U.S. District Judge Analisa Nadine Torres, an Obama-nominee, granted the motion by plaintiffs for a preliminary injunction.