Politics & Government
Election Recounts Planned In Fairfield For 3 RTM Districts, Constables
Municipal elections were held in Fairfield and throughout Connecticut on Tuesday.
FAIRFIELD, CT ? The votes from Tuesday's election in districts 1, 3 and 8 of the Fairfield Representative Town Meeting will be recounted by the Registrars of Voters at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 11, at the Bigelow Center for Senior Activities, 100 Mona Terrace in Fairfield, according to officials.
Also scheduled for a recount are the Constables.
The recount is pursuant to CT General Election Statute 9-311, which reads, in part:
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If, within three days after an election, it appears to the moderator that there is a discrepancy in the returns of any voting district, such moderator shall forthwith within said period summon, by written notice delivered personally, the recanvass officials, consisting of at least two checkers of different political parties and at least two absentee ballot counters of different political parties who served at such election, and the registrars of voters of the municipality in which the election was held and such other officials as may be required to conduct such recanvass.
Unofficial Representative Town Meeting results from the Secretary of State's Office; those who appear to have won are in bold:
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District 1
Democrat Doug Kniffin ? 879
Republican Kenneth Astarita ? 864
Republican Melissa Longo ? 870
Republican Peter Britton ? 951
Republican Brooke Sparacino ? 923
District 3
Democrat Anne Fifick ? 1,104
Democrat Cindy Waldron ? 1,111
Democrat Myke Nicholas-Hartigan ? 1,061
Democrat Ashby Dodge ? 1,033
Republican Shenton King ? 897
Republican Karen McCormack ? 905
Republican Michael Finneran ? 1,033
Republican Jeffrey Steele ? 1,006
District 8
Democrat Lenny Braman ? 680
Democrat Richard Jacobs ? 695
Democrat Chris Carroll ? 722
Democrat Eileen O'Reilly ? 717
Republican Christine Ludwiczak ? 679
Republican Brendan Murray ? 659
Republican Collin Colburn ? 664
Republican Andrew Keefe ?647
Constables
Democrat Kevin W. Flynn ? 9,462
Democrat Ruth Smey ? 9,158
Democrat Charlene Sabia Lebo ? 9,263
Democrat Jay Wolk ? 8,881
Republican Roger V. Autuori ? 6,671
Republican Holly Lanese ? 7,121
Republican Michael D. Herley ? 6,780
Republican Matt Paul ? 6,713
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