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Reginald Lafayette, the Democratic elections commissioner and party leader, said he won’t call for any investigation into allegations of elections fraud by Republicans in the District 7 Board of Legislators race.

“I’m not calling for an investigation on myself or the board (of elections),” he told Politics on the Hudson. “It’s over with. The two parties agree.”

Even though Legislator Judy Myers, D-Mamaroneck, won the Independence line over her Republican challenger Suzanna Keith, Democrats called for an investigation into elections fraud after a Republican deputy commissioner and party boss “mysteriously found” three votes.

In a statement issued Thursday, Doug Forand said ballots “don’t just appear from impounded machines.”

“There are only a few plausible ways this can happen, none of which are good,” he said. “And if someone knowingly planted false ballots in a scheme to steal this election, it’s election fraud.”

Lafayette distanced himself from that charge — even though the release was on party letterhead — and later called it an “overzealous action.”

“If they are being paid by the party, they will be terminated,” he said. “Those who sent this without my knowledge won’t be affiliated with the party. … I’m getting to the bottom of this.”

Myers won the line with 75 votes to Keith’s 62. Eleven votes were challenged, though Keith has since conceded.

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