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Thursday, June 23, 2011 | 5:27 p.m.
A North Las Vegas City Council meeting to discuss a special election in Ward 4 was postponed until next Tuesday following a court-issued temporary restraining order.
The restraining order was issued late Thursday afternoon on the heels of a lawsuit filed earlier this week by Wade Wagner to halt a council-ordered new election in the race for the Ward 4 council seat.
Wagner won the seat over incumbent Richard Cherchio by a single vote in the June 7 general election. However, five days later the Clark County Elections Department found one invalid vote had been cast.
The city council voted on June 15 to hold a new election in Precinct 4306, where the invalid vote had been cast.
North Las Vegas,
NV
"Wagner won the seat over incumbent Richard Cherchio by a single vote in the June 7 general election. However, five days later the Clark County Elections Department found one invalid vote had been cast."
Wagner received more votes*
Fixed.
Wagner did not win. Wagner received more votes than his opponent by one vote. Wagner has not been certified the winner for a reason.
He did NOT win this election. As a result of this illegal vote, Wagner did NOT win.
What is the intended purpose of the temporary restraining order? It won't change the outcome of the issue. The court didn't declare a winner. Either the people vote again or nothing happens. Which would mean that the voters wouldn't have a representative on the council. That's because both candidates can't hold the office. Let the people vote again and decide rather than have some court decide or a flip of a coin. The people should have a right to pick their council person.
So how cheap would it have been for them to do their job and certify the election? Certify the election already, if it turns out that Wagner only won by one vote, then start crying foul. My bet is that they know he won by more and don't want their fearless leader out of office.
Mark---Totally agree with you!!