Sunnyside incumbent bankrolls a recount


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SUNNYSIDE, Wash. -- A second close election in the Yakima Valley is headed toward a recount.

Sunnyside City Councilwoman Carol Stone, whose re-election bid lags by seven votes to challenger Don Vlieger, has requested a recount.

She will get one because she paid for it, said Yakima County Auditor Corky Mattingly.

In a Selah, the race for a City Council seat between John Gawlik and Allen Schmid is headed to a voter-financed recount. That's because under state law a recount is mandated when there's less than a half percent difference between two candidates. Gawlik has 681 votes to Schmid's 676.

The recounts will start at 8:30 a.m. Dec. 7 in the elections processing room at the Yakima County Courthouse.

Vlieger, an inn owner, beat Stone, a homemaker, 662 votes to 655, a spread of 50.27 percent to 49.73 percent.

Stone has paid $344, or 25 cents per ballot, for the recount, Mattingly said.

"It's not over until it's over," she said.

In Selah, Gawlik beat Schmid 681-676, a difference of only .36 percent, triggering the automatic recount.

 



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Posted by thehellyousay at 11/24/09 11:35AM        Post ID#: #19059

Hey, I didn't vote, didn't turn in my ballot, but I would have voted for Stone. Dang.

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