LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Charlestown Mayor Bob Hall said he wants a recount after he lost last week's race by 30 votes to Treva Hodges.
The Mayor's Office made the announcement Tuesday morning and said the recount will be paid for by Hall's campaign. Donations are welcome.
Hall posted on Facebook on Friday that there are some "anomalies in absentees, provisional ballots, and undervotes that are being reviewed by our team."
Hodges posted on Facebook that she does "not anticipate an overturn of the voters' decision" and will continue to work on assembling her transition team.
"I have full confidence that the clerk's office ran a fair election and that all of the polling locations went smoothly and there were no issues," Hodges said Tuesday. "I don't think it's going the change the outcome of the election, and so I'm moving forward with my plans for transition and looking forward to taking office Jan. 1."
Clark County Clerk Susan Popp said she doesn't know of any issues with the election.
She said once Hall officially files, he can choose whether to do a hand-recount or a re-canvas by running the ballots through the machines again. She said provisional ballots would be revealed at an election board meeting Tuesday afternoon. That's when someone showed up to vote without an ID or had some other issue. Popp said there are 22 total.
Popp expects the recount process to take just a matter of days, no more than a week.
Hall and his campaign declined our request to be interviewed for this story.
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