Just when you thought the Norwalk Municipal election was over, it continues. Due to the automatic triggers of the 1% rule, an automatic recount of the board of education (BOE) and at-large common council races has been triggered. The recount will be held at 10 am at City Hall in the Community Room with Professor Plum and the lead pipe.
Here’s the current “official” vote totals for the at-large race:
| Doug Hempstead* |
6815
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| Rick McQuaid* |
6522
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| Fred Bondi* |
6467
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| Joanne Romano* |
6273
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| John Tobin* |
6074
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| Anna Duleep |
6034
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| Amanda Brown |
5664
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| Thomas Agosto |
5399
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| Mike Geake |
5319
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| Kate Tepper |
5134
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Here’s the current “official” vote totals for the BOE race:
| Steve Colarossi* |
6671
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| Sue Haynie* |
6400
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| Erin Halsey* |
5947
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| Heidi Keyes* |
5908
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| Artie Kassimis |
5897
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| Amy Jimenez |
5486
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| Shirley Mosby |
5427
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| Rosa Murray |
5554
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So what does the recount entail?
All the ballots will be manually examined for the hanging chads, stray marks, duplicate votes. marks outside the bubble in order to determine voter’s intent and then rerun through a ballot machine. Then the totals will be final, once everyone agrees on the ballots submitted and run through the machine.
I could swear I saw an early Hour report that claimed Jimenez remained on the BOE, but from the looks of things it doesn’t appear to be that way. Can’t say I’m disappointed, either.
I wish the new BOE well. They sure have their work cut out for them. And I hope they’ve been paying attention to all the commentary that’s been taking place the past few months – and making notes.
I think the only notes they’re capable of reading are the Cliff Notes. We’ll see what the new folks bring to the table. It shouldn’t be boring.
“I could swear I saw an early Hour report that claimed Jimenez remained on the BOE, but from the looks of things it doesn’t appear to be that way. Can’t say I’m disappointed, either. ”
Yes – you are correct. Tues. night the Hour first stated that the Republicans had swept the BOE, they then claimed that Calorossi, Kassimis, Jiminez had won and Keyes/Halsey too close to call. By Wed morning they changed their story to the current version.