Just 18 votes separate two candidates seeking a seat on the Stafford County Board of Supervisors.
Griffis-Widewater District Supervisor Jack Cavalier, a Republican, petitioned the circuit court for a recount after Democrat Tinesha Allen beat him by the razor-thin lead.
The recount begins at 9 a.m. inside the General Registrar’s Office at the Stafford County Government Center, county registrar Anna Rainey told me.
Cavalier says irregularities that occurred Tuesday at polling places in the district that could have also affected the vote.
- Incorrect ballots were distributed during the early-morning hours at two precincts, Griffis and Barrett, with the issue being corrected later in the day, he said.
- The opening of a new Anne E. Moncure Elementary School in August also meant a polling place change for voters, and that, said Cavalier, could have also led to voter confusion.
- “There were enough irregularities that another look at the physical ballots might turn up some changes,” Cavalier told me.
Cavalier has first elected to the Board of Supervisors in 1999. Allen is a political newcomer.
