Tie Remains After Recount for 4th District Town Council Candidates

A tie vote continues a deadlock for 4th District Town Council candidates even after Saturday's recount of votes. 

The Democratic primary, held last Tuesday, forced a recount of the 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th districts, plus the Board of Education and Finance, due to several tie votes. 

Jack Stacey won the primary for mayoral Democratic candidate over Gary DePalma by a vote of 969 to 839. There was no recount in that race. 

According to Town Clerk Stacy Piccirillo, if following a recount there still remains a tie in number of votes for two candidates, then two scenarios could happen:  
1.  one of the two candidates decides to drop out of the race, thus putting the other candidate's name on the November ballot, or
2. the town holds a run-off election for the two candidates in that district 

As one can see, the recount yielded small gains or losses of one or two votes for most candidates.  The largest gain came out in the Board of Education race with two candidates, Maryann Pellegrino and Christine Sanford, gaining 101 votes each. 

Here are the results of Tuesday's primary and the recount votes (in bold): 

Mayor:  
Jack Stacey - 969 votes
Gary DePalma - 839 votes
(no recount)

Town Council - First three candidates in each district with the most amount of votes are on November's ticket:

First District:        Primary - Recount
Cathy Fleurant -       173  -   174
Daniel Gleason -       169  -   168
Joseph Civitello -       161  -   161
Eliz. Franco-Spano -  142  -   142
Ed Sabatino -            118  -   119
Danielle Germe -       105  -   104 

Second District:     Primary - Recount
Joseph Santino, Jr. -  239  -   240
Nicholas Palladino -    215  -   217
Beverly Gravino -       213  -   223
Tasha Limoncelli -      199  -   201
Darlene Picagli -         199  -   200
Ralph Schlottman -    186  -   187

Third District:   Primary - Recount
Paul Thompson, Jr. -  157  -   157 
Paul Cofrancesco -     146  -   146
Jo-Ann Lubenau -      138  -   139
Kevin Dacey -            138  -   138
Milena Quinto -          121  -   122
Robert Hoff -             113  -    114

Fourth District:  Primary - Recount
Joseph Badamo -      211  -    211
Michael Riolino -       190  -    190 
Tie remains for Ed Kamienski and Letizia Morales - 176  - 176 
Pasquale Garguilo -   170  -   170
Katrina Loda -          150  -    150

Fifth District:  no recount
Henry Butler III       153
John Kikosicki          134
Michael D'Errico       131
Sean O'Brien, Jr.        92
Frank Capone            87
Edward Stackpole, Fr. 86 

Board of Finance:  Primary - Recount
Maria Tonelli                937 - 938
Noreen Clough             872 - 879
Brendan Geelan           842 - 844
Richard DePalma          813 - 814
Thomas Thompson      809 - 812
Anthony Vigliotti          736 - 748
Bob Fox, Jr.                 666 - 668

Board of Education:   Primary - Recount
Maryann Pelligrino        847 - 948
Louis Pacelli                 823 - 825
Marilyn Vitale               801 - 813
Laura Kluth                 799 - 805
Rebecca Pastor            762 - 766
Patricia DePalma          751 - 754
Christine Maisano        745 - 747
Annabel Patterson       741 - 743
Christine Sanford         741 - 842
Tara Esposito               721 - 720
Patrick Madley, Jr.        684 - 685
Kristy Turcio-Porter      675 - 675

The top 6 candidates in number of votes from the BOE and the top four from the BOF are placed on the ballot according to the town clerk's office.