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Article: Take Worcester mayoral vote recount: Please! Rushton taking aim at Lukes.(LOCAL NEWS)
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- Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA)
- Article date:
- November 18, 2007
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Byline: Nick Kotsopoulos
COLUMN: POLITICS AND THE CITY
Let Worcester's mayoral recount begin, please!
Enough already with all the conspiracy theories being bandied about why Frederick C. Rushton, the apparent runner-up in the hotly contested Nov. 6 mayoral election, is asking for a recount, or how he and other politically connected people in this city are trying to hijack the election from incumbent Konstantina B. Lukes, who finished 105 votes ahead of Mr. Rushton.
Enough with all the talk about improperly filled ovals and whether the optical scanners used to read the ballots tabulated those that may not have been properly marked by ...