At least 3 candidates to request recounts in Calgary municipal election
Global News
Multiple close races in Calgary's municipal election has prompted runner up candidates in Wards 9, 12 and in the mayoral race to request recounts of the results.
Multiple close races in Calgary’s municipal election have prompted a number of runner-up candidates to request recounts of the results.
According to unofficial results from Elections Calgary, a margin of 29 votes separates winner Mike Jamieson and runner-up Sarah Ferguson in Ward 12.
Jamieson, who ran for the A Better Calgary Party, earned 6,848 votes, or 30 per cent of the vote.
Ferguson, The Calgary Party’s candidate in Ward 12, announced Wednesday she is requesting a preliminary recount due to a “risk of human error” as the ballots were counted by hand under new provincial guidelines for the election.
While Ferguson said she recognizes the challenges with manually counting ballots, she claimed her scrutineers “observed several discrepancies” during the count.
“We have these processes in place for a reason so it’s important that we go through the proper processes to have that confidence in these votes,” Ferguson told Global News.
“I want to do this for the people out here and for myself, so we know confidently that whatever the end result is what the end result is.”
A preliminary recount has been requested by Ward 9 runner-up Gar Gar, who ran as an independent.
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