ELECTIONS : Card Club Ban Passes in Recount
A recount of votes completed late last week indicates that a measure to ban card clubs in Pomona did pass, although by the slimmest of margins.
The Pomona city clerk certified that according to final results, Proposition B passed by a margin of 31 votes out of 10,045 ballots cast.
California election law states that groups can ask for recounts within five days of a municipal election. The request for a recount was made by Citizens for Pomona Revitalization, which supported the Champs Card Club Casino proposal.
The group did not contest the results of Proposition A, in which voters turned down a proposal to build two card clubs in Pomona. That measure failed by 48% to 51%.
The initial vote count showed Proposition B winning by 42 votes. While the recount reduced the winning margin, it failed to change the outcome of the election.
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