Ward 5 Council Primary Recount: Result Unchanged

Today’s recount of votes for the August Democratic primary for the Ward 5 city council seat has confirmed that votes for Carsten Hohnke outnumbered those for Vivienne Armentrout.

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Final precinct-by-precinct white board for Ward 5 recount. The "=" symbol indicates a match between the hand recount and the count made on election night. Differences are noted with a "+" or "-".

The original vote tally put Vivienne Armentrout’s total at 1,552, and Carsten Hohnke’s at 1,610. The whiteboard used to summarize the results from different precincts reflects that Armentrout picked up one additional vote in precinct 5-3, as well as three additional votes in precinct 5-9. Hohnke’s total was reduced by one in precinct 5-4, reduced by one vote in precinct 5-6, and increased by one vote in precinct 5-10.

The final outcome was not changed.

The Chronicle will follow up in the near future with a look at the recount process that was followed this morning.