Ballot Recount Validates Election in Auditor’s Race
A recount requested by a candidate for city auditor was over by noon Thursday after the tally showed there was little difference from the original ballot count.
William Molnar, who garnered 47.3% of the vote in the April 14 election, asked for the recount because he suspected one of the balloting machines malfunctioned.
City officials recounted ballots in 16 of the city’s 180 precincts, showing that Molnar gained three votes and his opponent, Auditor Gary Burroughs, received four more votes than in the original tabulation.
Molnar requested that the recount be stopped, said Linda Kelly, chief deputy city clerk.
The additional votes were caused by ballot cards being partially punched and not counted the first time they were tallied.
Molnar had to pay the city $1,728 for the recount, Kelly said.
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