Lance MacLean today informed the Registrar of Voters (ROV), Neal Kelley, that he intends to formally request a recount before today’s 5 p.m. deadline. Kelley told the Dispatch a recall would begin this week.
MacLean hasn’t informed the ROV what votes he wants recounted. He can specify categories of votes or certain precincts. A recount of just absentee ballots would cost MacLean about $3,600 and is expected to take three days. Time and cost would increase to also recount ballots cast at polling stations.
The ROV and City Clerk have expressed confidence in the accuracy of the original count, which showed MacLean recalled by 19 votes out of 14,789 cast.
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Let it go, Lance. Move on.
Dude, get the hint. you are not the man any longer. Oh, well. The hubris of this guy is astonishing.
I didn’t think he’d let a 19 vote loss go by without a recount. Hopefully they won’t “find” a bunch of votes as has happened in other races.
Lance MacLean’s arrogance has been demonstrated yet again. The fact that a recall was deemed necessary in the first place, and the reasons for it, demonstrated that no politician is greater than the community he serves. Has MacLean learned nothing during these past few months? The will of the people cannot be underestimated nor thwarted. Let it be.