A state Representative from Kalamazoo says he wants the votes from November’s election recounted.
Democrat Sean McCann ran against Republican State Rep. Margaret O’Brien for the state Senate. He lost by 59 votes. That’s less than one-tenth-of-one-percent of the total votes cast.
“We really want to make sure that everyone’s vote counted. We heard of some people with problems at precincts – some tabulators jamming,” McCann said.
“When I ran for student body president at Western Michigan University the race was pretty close, too, but not by this close of a margin,” he added. McCann won that race.
McCann will have to fork over at least $1,000 to pay to recount the 80,000 plus votes.
“We don’t necessarily know whether or not the outcome will change. You know it only takes one vote in the end to win,” he said.
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