She won a local election in a landslide. A conservative activist launched a recount anyway

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Last month, Natalie Adona won her race to become the clerk-recorder and registrar of voters in rural Nevada County with 68% of the vote — nearly 15,000 votes ahead of the man who came in second place.

But despite Adona's landslide victory, the race will be the subject of a potentially lengthy hand recount.

It is expected to take 38 days, cost more than $82,700, and require the hiring of temporary workers to count nearly 38,000 ballots.

And it is being funded by Randy Economy, a leader of the unsuccessful Republican-backed effort to recall Gov. Gavin Newsom last year.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/she-won-local-election-landslide-120015571.html

If the guy wants to throw his money down the toilet let him. Though more than likely he's soliciting money from paranoid conspiracy types and will skim some for his own use.

[PoliticAverse]

1. I think it is great that someone is paying for a recount. It is very good to know how totals change

when they are recounted for election quality and consistancy purposes.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

2. Magic words: not at public expense. NT

[H2O Man]

3. Recommended.

Though a waste of time & money, recounts are a legal way to challenge the results. And that's a fine way to reinforce the reality that he got his ass kicked.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

6. Democracy being seen to work.

It is imperative to have physical tokens to be counted, and not just electrons flying around in chips and wires. People can't count abstractions; they can count physical tokens, whether they're paper ballots or painted coconuts.

Let the counting commence!

[H2O Man]

7. Definitely!

[mopinko]

4. this needs to be stopped. cold and hard.

how the f some private person comes w/in 100 miles of any ballots at any point is just beyond me. it's madness.

[Permanut]

5. Hiring temporary workers..

Got it.