It's too early to tell if there will be automatic or requested recounts resulting from several tight trustee races Tuesday in Hamilton County.

        That's because the number of walk-in votes still have to be counted. And the Hamilton County Board of Elections won't release the official election results, including walk-ins, until Nov. 17.

        Walk-in votes are sealed ballots cast by people who are registered but recently moved into the district.

        Joe Mallory, administrator for the Hamilton County Board of Elections, said the Ohio Revised Code calls for an automatic recount “if the number of votes cast in any county or municipal election for the declared winning nominee, candidate, question or issue does not exceed the number of votes cast for the declared defeated nominee, candidate, question or issue by a margin of one-half of 1 percent or more of the total vote.”

        Candidates also can request a recount. Some of the trustee races that may require recounts include Colerain, Anderson and Columbia townships, where candidates were separated by 74, 16 and five votes, respectively.

        In Columbia Township, voters gave Jane S. Pirman one seat with about 29 percent of the vote, but in the race to fill the second four-year term, Susan Hughes had 718 votes to 713 votes for Carl L. Fernandez.

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