Tie-breaking second tally in Bay Area race shows why state should make second count automatic
Former San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo, left, who finished first, will face Assemblymember Evan Low, center, in the November runoff. After the recount, Low finished five votes ahead of Santa Clara County Supervisor Joe Simitian, right.
What was originally thought to be an exact tie for second place, which would have pitted former San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo against both state Assemblymember Evan Low and Santa Clara County Supervisor Joe Simitian in a three-way November runoff, will now instead result in a head-to-head battle between Liccardo and Low. After the approximately 180,000 ballots were recounted over three weeks, it turns out that Low actually beat Simitian by five votes.
California’s county registrars of voters offices do a great job counting the votes — but the system is far from perfect. We do not mean to imply any criticism of the government workers who count and then sometimes recount the votes. They get it right 99.99% of the time, an A+ in school. But occasionally, a perfect score is necessary to ascertain the true will of the voters.
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