Recounts Planned For 3 RTM Districts In Westport: Registrars Of Voters

WESTPORT, CT — The votes from Tuesday's election in districts 1, 2 and 9 of the Westport Representative Town Meeting will be recounted by the Registrars of Voters at 1 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 10, in Westport Town Hall, Room 201, according to officials.

The recount is pursuant to CT General Election Statute 9-311, which reads, in part:

If, within three days after an election, it appears to the moderator that there is a discrepancy in the returns of any voting district, such moderator shall forthwith within said period summon, by written notice delivered personally, the recanvass officials, consisting of at least two checkers of different political parties and at least two absentee ballot counters of different political parties who served at such election, and the registrars of voters of the municipality in which the election was held and such other officials as may be required to conduct such recanvass.

Westport's Democratic Registrar is Deborah Greenberg, and the Republican Registrar is Maria Louise Signore.

The unofficial vote totals from the Secretary of State's Office for those three districts are as follows (winners, for the time being, are in bold):

District 1
Gail Coykendall — 408; 18.13%
Chris Tait — 497; 22.08%
Andrew Bloom — 398; 17.68%
Kristin Mott Purcell — 460; 20.44%
Matthew Mandell — 488; 21.68%

District 2
Louis M Mall — 424; 18.37%
Jenna Petok — 477; 20.67%
Jay Keenan — 345; 14.95%
Mike Perry — 330; 14.30%
Harris Falk — 298; 12.91%
Melissa Levy — 434; 18.80%

District 9
Nancy Kail — 499; 18.41%
Kristin Schneeman — 450; 16.61%
Addison Moore — 495; 18.27%
Rachel Precious — 346; 12.77%
Jennifer Johnson — 473; 17.45%
Sal Liccione — 447; 16.49%