Posted at 10:55 a.m., Thursday, September 28, 2006
Kauai mayor candidate may call for recount
By Jan TenBruggencate
Advertiser Staff Writer
Fukushima, who finished second in the five-candidate race, said he is concerned that a miscount could have resulted from the state's two different voting systems -- one for electronic voting and one for paper ballots.
County clerk Peter Nakamura ruled this week that Mayor Bryan Baptiste won the election outright in the primary by receiving a majority of the vote.
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