Oriental Election Recount

At the request of Mr. Hugh Grady, candidate for Oriental town commissioner, the Pamlico County Board of Elections met today to conduct a complete recount of votes for the commissioner race.  The recount confirmed the count reported after the official canvass held November 15. The bottom line: write-in candidate Warren Johnson defeated ballot candidate Hugh Grady by three votes, to win the fifth seat on the board.

TOWN OF ORIENTAL COMMISSIONER (Vote For 5) 1 of 1 Precincts Reporting Percent        Votes Michele Bessette 13.29%         211 Hugh Grady 10.01%         159 Sherrill Styron 20.34%         323 Larry Summers 17.76%         282 Barbara Venturi 16.62%         264 Candy Bohmert (Write-in) 0.63%           10 Pat Herlands (Write-in) 8.63%         137 Warren Johnson (Write-in) 10.20%         162 Jennifer Roe (Write-in) 0.44%            7 Write-in (miscellaneous) 2.08%           33