McCaffrey asks for recount in GSD election

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By on Tue, November 24, 2009

Lisa McCaffrey has requested recount in the Granada Sanitary District election. McCaffrey lost to incumbent Leonard Woren by 577 to 567 votes.

County Elections will pull election materials Wednesday morning at 8:30 and will being counting Monday morning at 8:30, according to David Tom, County Elections Manager.  In the GSD election, 62% of the votes were cast by mail, and 38% on election day.

The cost of the recount, which will be borne by the party requesting it, is $828 per day. Although Tom expects that the ballots can all be counted in one day, it is not known how long it will take to examine and review disputed ballots.