Recount Ordered in Terre Haute Race

TERRE HAUTE, Ind. — A judge today ordered a recount in the Terre Haute mayor’s race, which was decided by 107 votes.

Vigo Superior Court Judge David Bolk ordered all the ballots cast in all city precincts to be recounted. He also ordered ballots and electronic voting systems used in the Nov. 6 election to be impounded.

Democratic Mayor Kevin Burke had asked for a recount shortly after he lost to Republican Duke Bennett.

Bennett’s attorney, James Bopp Jr., asked the judge Monday to dismiss the recount petition because it did not include Bennett’s full name as it appeared on the ballot.

Bennett appeared on the election’s sample ballot as “Duke A. Bennett.”

Bennett defeated Burke by 107 votes among some 12,000 cast in the Nov. 6 election.

Source: IndyStar