Election results remain the same in Clark
Published 9:47 am Friday, November 15, 2019
- Clark County Clerk Michelle Turner, center, reads teh voting records for the governor's race during the recanvass Thursday morning as Democratic party representative Roy Hudson, left, Republican party representative John Dixon and Clark County Sheriff Berl Perdue Jr. follow along. Clark County's numbers did not change. (Photo by Fred Petke)
County officials knew quickly Thursday morning there were no errors in Clark County’s results in the gubernatorial election.
As the state-wide recanvass of the Nov. 5 election started Thursday morning, Clark County’s election officials gathered in the basement conference room of the Clark County Courthouse to go back through the voting machine records and verify the totals.
The process took less than 30 minutes to complete, and Clark County Clerk Michelle Turner said there were no differences found.
Gov. Matt Bevin requested the recanvass after losing to Attorney General Andy Beshear by approximately 5,200 votes. The two have been bitter rivals throughout the last four years in Frankfort.
In a press conference Thursday afternoon, Bevin said he was not going to contest the election further.
A representative of Bevin attended the Clark County recanvass, but no one else attended.
In a recanvass, election officials verify the totals as recorded on the voting machines and on the tally sheets.
After his defeat, Bevin said there were irregularities in the election, but offered no evidence to substantiate his claims.
Bevin and running mate state Sen. Ralph Alvarado (R-Winchester) carried Clark County, 6,777 to 5,876. Bevin won 16 of Clark County’s 26 voting precincts as well as the absentee vote.
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Fred Petke is a reporter for The Winchester Sun, the Jessamine Journal and the State Journal. His beats include cops, courts, fire, public records, city and county government and other news. To contact Fred, email fred.petke@bluegrassnewsmedia.com or call 859-759-0051.
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