After more than two hours of painstaking ballot examination, a vote recount turned up new numbers for candidates who ran in a local election this week.
The recount took place Thursday afternoon in the basement of the Hall of Records on Orange Street. It was triggered automatically by a razor thin margin of victory Tuesday night in the race for Democratic Party Ward Committee Co-Chair in the 29th Ward, in Beaver Hills.
Tom Ficklin beat candidate Major Ruth by just one vote Tuesday to earn one of two leadership spots Ward 29 Democratic committee. They received 213 and 212 votes respectively, in the initial election-night count.
In the recount Thursday those numbers became 212-211, with Ficklin still on top.
His running mate, Audrey Tyson, won the other spot in the ward, by a healthier margin. She received 286 votes, according to the initial count. In the recount that number grew to 287.
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