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Joe Scott holds onto primary win in tight Broward supervisor of elections race, recount confirms
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| Contributor | Qbanito |
| Last Edited | Qbanito Aug 23, 2020 06:18pm |
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| Author | DAVID LYONS |
| News Date | Saturday, August 22, 2020 11:30:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Joe Scott survived a daylong vote recount Saturday to retain his victory as the Democrats’ nominee for Broward County Supervisor of Elections.
On Tuesday, Scott led a six-way race with 24.84% of the ballots, or 51,557 votes. Chad Klitzman received 24.54% of the vote, or 50,950 votes.
That triggered a machine recount after the difference between the top candidates turned out to be less than .5%. The recount involved a rereading of cartridges in all 577 of the county’s precincts.
“No change — same result,” said Steven Vancore, spokesman for the elections office. “The man who finished first is still first. Typical Florida. At least we got it right and the recount went well.”
The win for Scott, who is Black, preserves a major demographic shift decided by voters last Tuesday as they picked top county leadership positions. Assuming Scott prevails in the November general elections, Broward County will also have a Black sheriff, state attorney, public defender and clerk of courts. |
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