Two South Bay mayors’ races remained too near name Monday, nearly per week after the Midterm Elections.
Santa Clara County election employees counted hundreds extra ballots, votes that may in the end resolve the tight San Jose mayoral race between Cindy Chavez and Matt Mahan.
Whereas Mahan continued to steer over the weekend, Chavez narrowed the hole significantly. And as of 6 p.m., they’re separated by simply 4,256 votes.
“Completely it’s completely potential for Chavez to catch up and transcend Mahan and it largely will depend on how lots of the ballots come from locations which might be predisposed to vote for her,” mentioned Political Analyst Larry Gerston.
In Santa Clara, there was a fair nearer mayoral race between Lisa Gillmor and Anthony Becker. Gillmor is forward by 571 votes.
Given simply how few votes separate the candidates, Shannon Bushey of the county registrar of votes mentioned how shut the ultimate rely must be to warrant an computerized recount.
“Beneath the county’s computerized recount coverage it could be lower than 25 votes or lower than one quarter of 1 p.c of ballots forged in that particular race,” mentioned Bushey.
Even when the race just isn’t shut sufficient for an computerized recount, a candidate can nonetheless request a recount however they’d simply need to pay for it.
