Recount Friday for Rosalia; election stands stand

Gazette Reporters

Ballots will be recounted by hand to determine a winner in the race for seat 2 on the Rosalia Town Council.

Challenger Rick Lau still leads incumbent Bob Hill by one vote, 112 to 111, in the finalized count by Whitman County’s elections department.

Auditor Eunice Coker said the recount will be done in the elections office at 10 a.m. Friday.

State law mandates a recount if the difference between the two candidates is less one-half of one percent of the total number of votes cast for both candidates.

The recount was officially triggered after the county canvass board met Monday...