Tuesday, 07 May 2013 03:22
Former Caseyville mayor to ask judge for a recount
The former mayor of Caseyville, Illinois wants the ballots from the April election recounted. That's because George Chance lost his reelection bid by only four votes -- after 27 years in office.
Chance was entitled to a discovery examination of 25% of the ballots. That took place Monday. Chance says he's already found one vote that was miscounted, so he plans to ask a judge to have all of the ballots tallied again.
The new mayor, Leonard Black has already taken office, but says he can't blame Chance for wanting a full recount.
Mayor Black told Fox 2 News that he'd probably do the same thing if he'd lost by such a narrow margin. "I probably would," he said. "I don't hold that against Mr. Chance. I would do the same thing. I mean it's close enough that it's reasonable."
The final vote count was 576-to-572.
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