Comments on: Canvassing Board calls for machine recounts of 18th Legislative District senator and County Council District 4 races https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/news/canvassing-board-calls-for-machine-recounts-of-18th-legislative-district-senator-and-county-council-district-4-races/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=canvassing-board-calls-for-machine-recounts-of-18th-legislative-district-senator-and-county-council-district-4-races Your News Source with Integrity Mon, 02 Dec 2024 03:24:22 +0000 hourly 1 By: Margaret https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/news/canvassing-board-calls-for-machine-recounts-of-18th-legislative-district-senator-and-county-council-district-4-races/#comment-31993 Fri, 29 Nov 2024 21:44:00 +0000 https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/?p=163112#comment-31993 “difference of just 172 votes”, less than those who threw away their vote with a Write-In when there was no WRITE-IN candidate declared
Adrian Cortes (Prefers Democratic Party) 42,053 49.99%
Brad Benton (Prefers Republican Party) 41,881 49.79%
WRITE-IN 189 0.22%

“a difference of just 49 votes.” If those who wrote in a name had selected from the choices on the ballot, what would the outcome have been? 
Joe Zimmerman 23,716 49.56%
Matt Little 23,765 49.66%
WRITE-IN 376 0.79%

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