By Candice Stutzriem and Adam Gillard | Commentary, The Gazette
We are writing to be 100% transparent with the decisions made by the EPC Canvass Board to remove three votes for Rep. Steph Vigil during the House District 16 election recount.
A key point has been left out of media reports; The Canvass Board honored the voter’s intent.
Speaking as two of the three members of the EPC Canvass Board, we assure all concerned that the board and the EPC Elections Department were present from the Logic and Accuracy Test all the way through the canvass signing ceremony. We witnessed the recount exceeding 387,000 ballots and inspected more than 3,000 over-votes and under-votes identified for individual adjudication. It required eight days over Thanksgiving weekend, in the counting room, with some election workers forfeiting the holiday with family to fulfill their duty to faithfully recount this contest.
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