Boca Raton Mayor's race heads to recount, with top 2 candidates just 6 votes apart

[RandySF]

A race for Boca Raton Mayor is likely heading to a recount after the top two candidates finished just 6 votes — and just 0.03 percentage points — apart.

With all precincts reporting and ballots still being counted, City Council member Andy Thomson led the three-way mayoral race with 39.64% of the vote, accounting for 7,562 ballots cast in his favor. Political newcomer Mike Liebelson trailed him with 7,556 votes (39.61%).

A machine recount is required any time the margin of victory is less than or equal to 0.5% of the total votes. If the machine recount still shows a margin of 0.25 percentage points or less, a manual recount is required.

Palm Beach County Supervisor of Elections Wendy Sartory Link confirmed the recount would begin after 5 p.m. Thursday.




https://floridapolitics.com/archives/784352-andy-thomson-wins-3-way-race-for-boca-raton-mayor-as-voters-decide-on-2-referendums/

[genxlib]

1. The anti-government sentiment is strong right now in Boca.

The developer deal to trade land for new commercial properties that also include some new City space got killed by nearly 50points.

The police bond to build a new police complex also got defeated by a pretty healthy 10 point swing.

People are pissed around here so I am not surprised.