Politics & Government
Recount for Downtown District Planned for Friday
Challenger Lenny Miller was seven votes shy of Alderman Roger Patton, so he requested a recount in the April 2 election.
The recount between District 11 aldermanic candidates Lenny Miller and Roger Patton will be held Friday.
The downtown district election was close. Patton defeated Miller by seven votes after the official canvassing was recorded 202 votes for Patton and 195 votes for Miller. Miller picked up one vote last week after an absentee ballot came into City Hall, according to interim Clerk/Treasurer Gina Kozlik.
Miller was surprised by the results, he said, because people he had spoken with during the election shared their hopes for a new alderman in the downtown district.
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“I just want to rule out any machine errors and human errors,” Miller told Patch last week. “I don’t suspect fraud or anything, I just want to make sure everything was done and that no mistakes were made.”
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