A 100 Vote Margin Triggers an Automatic Recount in Kentucky's House District 36: Hodgson Has 10,389 Votes to Zorn's 10,289, and the Recount Is Set for 8:30 a.m. on November 16 at the Jefferson County Clerk's Election Warehouse
LOUISVILLE, Kentucky, United States — A Kentucky House race decided by just 100 votes is headed for a recount. The Jefferson County Board of Elections will recount ballots in the House District 36 race after Republican incumbent John Hodgson narrowly defeated Democrat William Woody Zorn in the November 3 election, the Jefferson County Clerk's Office said.
Unofficial results show Hodgson received 10,389 votes to Zorn's 10,289, a margin of 100 votes, less than 0.5 percent. Under Kentucky law, an automatic recount is required when a candidate loses by no more than half of 1 percent of the votes cast in the race.
County Clerk David Yates said in a news release on Tuesday that the recount will take place at 8:30 a.m. on Monday, November 16, at the Jefferson County Clerk's Office election warehouse. Earlier reporting said the clerk's office has to certify its election results and submit them to the Secretary of State by noon Tuesday, after which the Kentucky State Board of Elections is expected to send the clerk's office a letter requiring the recount, which has to begin by Tuesday, November 17.
The race is one of Jefferson County's tightest. Information about the recount and its results will be released as it becomes available.
Source: WDRB
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