Kraft wants council election recount

Tuesday, December 1, 2009

Steve Moyer - Herald-Tribune

Joe Kraft has filed for a recount of the Nov. 3 city council election through his attorney, Jeff Feuquay. Kraft came in third behind Sherry Steward, the winner of the second vacant seat, by only two votes -- 413 to 411; Brian Leonard came in first with 523 votes. Feuquay said the statute allowed a recount when the candidates were separated by less than 1 percent of the votes.

"All Joe wants to do is verify the results of the election," Feuquay said. "The statute is clear that a recount can be requested when the difference is less than 1 percent of the votes."

Tammi Beach, Vernon County Clerk, said she wasn't sure how much the recount would cost, or who would pay for it.

"We'll probably have four election workers, they would be the only expense, because he has requested a hand recount, but I can't say for sure," Beach said. "It all depends on what the judge orders."

Feuquay said he didn't have a prediction of the result of the recount.

"If I could predict the outcome there would be no need for a recount," Feuquay said.

A time for the hearing has not been set as of press time.

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WE ALL CAN ONLY HOPE THAT MISTER KRAFT HAS THE VOTES NEEDED TO WIN, BUT AS JOSEF STALIN SAID YEARS AGO "ITS NOT THE PEOPLE WHO VOTE THAT COUNT, IT'S THE PEOPLE WHO COUNT THE VOTES".

-- Posted by resident65 on Tue, Dec 1, 2009, at 2:41 PM
There is a lesson in all of this......"Every Vote Counts!!!"

-- Posted by victor1208 on Tue, Dec 1, 2009, at 5:19 PM
This would be great news as we all now that councilwomen Steward does have her own little axe to grind.

-- Posted by racar on Tue, Dec 1, 2009, at 8:47 PM
I predict that Mr Kraft will actually have less votes than what he does now. That being said, he would have been a fool to not ask for a recount. To my way of thinking a recount should have been automatic when the result was that close. I hear everyone saying this person and that person has an axe to grind. How many of you got to the meetings? Every person in Nevada should be going to the meetings and making your voice heard. The only way to make a change is to be there. Just my thoughts. Keep seeking the truth.

-- Posted by truthseeker67 on Wed, Dec 2, 2009, at 1:51 AM

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