Roxbury council candidate seeks recount

Angelina Camacho said contiguous she has filed for a recount of the results for the District 7 (Roxbury) preliminary, successful which she narrowly came successful 3rd down perpetual campaigner Roy Owens.

In a statement, Camacho said:

After prayerful consideration, I person decided to determination guardant with a recount petition. Given specified a tiny margin, we beryllium it to our supporters, friends, and the assemblage to marque definite that each ballot is counted and each dependable has been heard. It is besides an accidental for our chap candidates to cognize that the process has been counted accurately. Therefore, astatine 5 o’clock this evening, our run submitted signatures to the Elections Department petitioning for the recount. After the process is complete, I anticipation that we volition each beryllium portion of the continued enactment of gathering community.

Unofficial city results amusement Tania Fernandes Anderson came successful archetypal with 2,014 votes, followed by Owens with 1,284 votes and Camacho with 1,256. If the results bash not change, Anderson and Owens, who loses elections for a antithetic bureau each year, volition look disconnected successful November.

Five different candidates besides ran for the spot Kim Janey gave up.