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Place 2 race in DeSoto shows no majority; council records vote totals
Summary
City staff reported Place 2 totals: Cora Grama 1,723 (47.65%), Perrette Parker 1,626 (44.97%), Tamerion Aluole 267 (7.38%). The city charter language read during the meeting notes a runoff is required when no candidate secures a majority; the transcript does not show whether the council ordered one.
The city secretary read the official tallies for Council Place 2 during the May 13 special meeting: Cora Grama received 1,723 votes (47.65%), Perrette Parker received 1,626 votes (44.97%), and Tamerion Aluole received 267 votes (7.38%). The city secretary summarized that returns are considered unofficial until the council canvasses and declares the results.
The city secretary also read the charter and statutory threshold language: "the candidates for each city council place receiving a majority of votes cast by qualified voters shall be declared elected," and explained that a runoff must be ordered if no candidate receives a majority. The council adopted the resolution canvassing and declaring the results, but the meeting record does not include a separate notation that the council ordered a runoff for Place 2. The transcript therefore leaves the question of formal runoff scheduling unresolved in the record.
