DAVENPORT, Iowa - One of the candidates for mayor of Davenport is asking for a recount.
Only eight votes separate him and contender Rita Rawston.
Dan Portes sis asking the votes be recounted by hand. he adds he does not believe the outcome will be any different but hopes this validates for future candidates that the system works.
Portes read this statement on KWQC TV6.
"Many of my supporters and people who just know me encouraged me to ask for a recount. The 8 vote differential was just too narrow to not find out if there was a mistake or some system breakdown. I also feel by asking for a recount it gives everyone in the system now and looking forward validation that things are working as they should be. All that aside I do not think the outcome will be any different but I have asked that the ballots be counted by hand and not with the voting machines as a check and balance to the system."
Either Rawson or Portes will face Mike Matson in the mayoral General Election in November.