Peter Bevere, an independent candidate for Addison County state鈥檚 attorney, has officially called for a recount of last week鈥檚 election results.
With 17,554 ballots counted, the Nov. 6 election showed a razor-thin, 10-vote victory for incumbent Addison County State's Attorney Dennis Wygmans, a Democrat.
Will Senning, the director of elections and campaign finance at the Vermont Secretary of State鈥檚 Office, said the recount will be overseen by Addison County Superior Court Clerk Kelly Munger and is scheduled to begin Monday, Nov. 26.
Vermont statute requires the recount to be conducted by , selected by the candidates.
Senning said it鈥檚 difficult to predict exactly how long the recount will take, 鈥渂ecause there are variables in the process that can take more or less time.鈥�
鈥淭he raw number of ballots doesn鈥檛 necessarily, like, drive it," continued Senning, "in that most of them are going to be processed by tabulator, for instance. And what often takes the most time is the administrative steps in between the actual processing of ballots in the tabulator.鈥�
Senning said based on his experience, and barring any surprises, the Addison County state鈥檚 attorney recount should take between two and three days.
According, there are two other races from the recent election 鈥� the and the one for probate judge in Franklin County 鈥� that are also up for a recount.
