MyDD :: WY-AL recount would cost $11,500

WY-AL recount would cost $11,500 - DCCC should pay

by RT, Thu Nov 16, 2006 at 09:28:35 AM EST

Under state law, Trauner must ask for a recount no later than Friday. The recount would be conducted in all 23 counties, and Trauner would have to pay up to $500 per county for the cost of the recount. He would not be liable for the costs if the recount found "sufficient error to change the result of the election."

The State Canvassing Board, made up of four of Wyoming's top elected officials, certified the results Wednesday. While the race remained very close, it fell 79 votes short of triggering an automatic recount, Secretary of State Joe Meyer said.

Cubin received 93,336 votes, or 48.3 percent, while Trauner got 92,324 votes, or 47.8 percent. Libertarian Thomas Rankin got 7,481, or 3.8 percent.

Gary Trauner, in the linked article, says he doesn't know whether he's going to ask for a recount. But if money's an issue, $11,500 (23 counties at $500 per county) is chickenfeed for the DCCC; they ought to spring for it if Trauner feels he's got a chance.

Tags: Wyoming, House of Representatives, Gary Trauner, Barbara Cubin, recount, DCCC (all tags)

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