By Kim McDarison
A recount performed yesterday by the Board of Canvass in Whitewater produced the same number of votes for two candidates running in the city’s Aldermanic District 5 race as was tallied on April 6, according to Whitewater City Clerk Michele Smith.
A recount petition was filed Wednesday, April 13, with the city clerk’s office by Neil Hicks. Hicks ran as a challenger against incumbent Whitewater City Common Council member Greg Majkzrak, who emerged victorious after the April 6 election. The count was 62 votes in favor of Majkzrak and 60 in favor of Hicks.
Thursday’s recount produced the same result, Smith said.
According to the petition, Hicks alleged that he was “informed and believes that a mistake has been committed in Wards 10-12 of the city of Whitewater, Jefferson County, Wisconsin, in the counting and return of votes cast for the office …”
He requested the recount based on those beliefs, he wrote within the petition.
The recounting process took about two and a half hours Thursday evening and came at a cost of approximately $90 to taxpayers, which, Smith wrote in an email, was the cost to pay the Board of Canvass.
Majkrzak was not present during the recounting process and Hicks arrived, after being detained in Madison, according to Smith, at the end of the process.
Aldermanic District 5 includes portions of the city of Whitewater that reside in Jefferson County.
With recount results producing the same results as those produced on election night, Majkrzak will continue to represent that district.
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