Friday, November 19, 1999
Butler Co. races too close to call
Recount ordered in Hamilton, Middletown
BY STEVE KEMME
The Cincinnati Enquirer
HAMILTON — Votes will be recounted for the Hamilton City Council and Middletown City Commission races.
The outcomes of the two races were not changed by the additional votes counted this week from walk-in and absentee ballots received by the Butler County Board of Elections on Nov. 1 and Election Day.
But the votes for candidates competing for the last seats on council and the commission are close enough to warrant recounts, said Robert Mosketti, director of the board of elections.
Sharon Hughes edged Archie Johnson for the last Hamilton council seat by three votes, 4,236 to 4,233, according to the revised vote count.
In the Middletown commission race, Earl Smith beat Anthony Marconi by 32 votes, 3,273 to 3,241.
There also will be a recount for Issue 16, an option to allow off-premises sale of liquor in precinct 4AA of Fairfield Township. The vote was 175 against the proposal to 173 in favor.
The board of elections plans to certify the election results to the Ohio Secretary of State on Tuesday and will hold the recount Nov. 30, Mr. Mosketti said.
The additional walk-in and absentee ballots could not be counted until this week because the board had to verify information on the ballots, he said.
Out of about 900 additional votes counted this week, the board of elections rejected 48, he said.
• These are the complete revised totals for the Hamilton council race:
Adolf Olivas, 6,929; Tom Nye, 6,466; George McNally, 5,836; Kathy Becker, 5,649; Richard Holzberger, 5,361; Donald Ryan, 5,184; Sharon Hughes, 4,236; Archie Johnson, 4,233; Linda Good, 4,052; and Elmer Martin, 2,799.
As the top vote-getter, Mr. Olivas was elected mayor and those with the next six highest vote totals were elected to council.
• These are the revised totals for the Middletown commission race:
Laura Williams, 3,713; Bob Wells, 3,416; Earl Smith, 3,273; Anthony Marconi, 3,241; Larry Getz, 3,169; Gary Kaup, 2,467; Art Ulrich Jr., 1,673; and Christopher Halsey, 1,146.
The top three vote-getters — Ms. Williams, Mr. Wells and Mr. Smith — were elected to the commission.
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