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Aberdeen council adopts recount certificate, declares Chad Nelson winner of Southeast District race
Summary
The City Council adopted a resolution accepting a municipal recount and directed the finance officer to issue a certificate of election declaring Chad Nelson the plurality winner in the Southeast District; the recount reviewed three overvote ballots and will take effect after the winner takes the oath July 1, 2025.
The City of Aberdeen Council on June 16 adopted a resolution accepting the results of a municipal recount and declaring Chad Nelson the plurality vote winner for the Southeast District.
A city staff member explained the recount process to the council, saying the June election was “extremely close” and that candidate Kurt Pressler lost by one vote after Pressler, as allowed by statute, requested a recount. The recount board — appointed for the review — examined three overvote ballots and issued a certificate of recount. Jordan, the city finance officer, then certified the result. The council’s resolution (No. 250602R)…
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