UPDATED
Today’s recount of the District 3 Sugar Land City Council race resulted in the same outcome as on election day with local attorney Amy Mitchell winning by a single vote.
The recount of ballots by hand found the same 791-790 result, leaving Mitchell with a razor-thin single-vote win over engineering consultant Howard Paul.
Sugar Land Mayor James Thompson had appointed residents Mary Von Tungeln, Kathy Huebner, Steve Porter, Joe Zimmerman and Stephen Ip to serve as the recount committee and conduct the manual count. The recount took place at the Fort Bend County Election Administration Office in Rosenberg.
Paul was not on hand for the recount and not immediately available for comment. He also has not conceded the race
There also continues to be controversy surrounding three mail-in ballots that could influence the vote total. Two of the ballots were tossed out because they were postmarked after the June 11 runoff date. A third was rejected because of a problem with the signature.
A group of Paul supporters, headed by First Colony resident Nancy Hentschel, said they were going to meet and discuss their next move.
For her part, Mitchell said she was “ready to serve the people who elected me.”
In a news release late today, the City of Sugar Land said Mitchell would be sworn into office June 28 at city hall.
Rumor has it that one disqualified voter received her absentee ballot by mail and timely voted for Howard Paul; however, the voter’s mother signed the application (the voter signed the actual ballot). The Texas Election Code says “§ 84.001. APPLICATION REQUIRED. (a) To be entitled to vote an early voting ballot by mail, a person who is eligible for early voting must make an application for an early voting ballot to be voted by mail as provided by this title. (b) An application must be in writing and signed by the applicant.” It is my understanding, that this statute has been applied to disqualify the woman’s tying vote.
As for the remaining absentee/early votes by mail, it seems best to be patient while the votes are verified. In other words, the ballots have been counted, but have the mail-in voters be verified?
Thank you.
Jonathan
Thank you Jonathan. It’s nice to get the updated info from someone that can be trusted.
Thank you Jon!
There is no further provision in the TEC statutes for the county or city to verify the votes. Any further action would require a suit/injunction. Incidentally, Mr Paul was not present at the recount and has not made any public statements either personally or through a legal representative.
Looks like Mr. Day made a public statement above on the problems with the process and you keep ignoring the complaints filed with the justice department over the reported illegal activity at the Terrace retirement community.
Are you seeing things? There is no problem. It states as plain as day the person who fills out the application must also be the one who signs the ballot. It’s right there in black and white.
BTW, your little retirement community witch hunt is all made up so you can quit barking up that tree.
Mr Day made a statement regarding 1 of the rejected ballots and referred to the same statute that I also found.
Further, I searched and there have been no complaints filed by anyone to anyone with respect to this election pertaining to voting.
A complaint was filed by several to the US justice dept. Jake. Please don’t continue to spread false information over the efforts by an ex- councilman who was backing your girlfriend to block access to the Terrace retirement community since they accept medicaid. This may violate the federal election laws (voting rights act).
People file false complaints all the time after their candidate loses an election as a last ditch effort. It’s really quite pathetic when you think about it.
There used to be a marxist here called pseudoman and he threatened to file a complaint with the FBI after every election he lost, which was every single one. I wonder whatever happened to those thousands of FBI complaints?
“A group of Paul supporters, headed by First Colony resident Nancy Hentschel, said they were going to meet and discuss their next move.”
I find it interesting that Nancy Hentschel doesn’t live or vote in Sugar Land but she’s the group’s spokesman.
Why not let the voters pick their reps.?
Oh how I would love to be a fly on the wall at Whinefest 2011.
That’s interesting, I found her name on the FBC CAD with property in First Colony within Paul’s district in Sugar Land and in ETJ Sugar Land. This sounds to me like she pays property taxes in that district. That has to be at least as good as friends of the mayor who backed Mitchell doing the recount. Many of them don’t live or own property in that district.
Sorry, slumlords who don’t live in Sugar Land can’t vote.
Only you would call a 200-300k homeowner/ taxpayer a “slum lord”.
A millionaire slumlord, thanks for making my point.
Just ignore Larry the liberal net. He thinks our property taxes should be held in reserves for his big developer buddies who build the thousands of apartments that over-crowd our schools while only contributing half the taxable value that single family homes do. The only way they can accomplish this is through control of the local taxing entities and diversion of our tax dollars to their projects. Larry our liberal is very much part of this tax, borrow and spend mentality. It isn’t enough for this cartel that FBC residents have some of the highest property taxes per median home value in the state according to the US Tax Foundation, they want more. So they have to paint the middle class taxpayers as the enemy…..It’s what liberals do…just ignore him…
“So they have to paint the middle class taxpayers as the enemy”
millionaire slumlords are a part of the middle class?
How funny….lol!
I try to ignore the rock eaters. Sometimes it’s hard soothsayer, they say such ignorant crap.
common sense only seems like ignorant crap to tin foil hat wearers.
Not a rock eater, a mud eater but the outcome is the same, liberal BS. lol
whatever viewpoint has apparently its catchin…
Why don’t you girls take it out in the parking lot.
I thought I told you to mind your own business.
Oh, liberal, this should get your panties in a wad: http://www.khan.com/dpp/news/investigations/lawmaker-fined-%2410k-by-ethics-panel
http://www.kxan.com/dpp/investigations/lawmaker-fined-%2410-by-ethics-panel
One more time: http://www.kxan.com/dpp/news/investigations/lawmaker-fined-%2410k-by-ethics-panel
1) I’ve already told you I’m no liberal. Far from it.
2) Everyone in his district should have their panties in a wad over this, not me. He’s not my rep.
Well larry we all pay taxes that cover his salary and he votes on legislation that impacts all of us. Do you need more mud?
So does that mean your panties are in a wad over it then, Chris?
Chuckle-head you really need to try a better oil on that growing bald spot and try adding supplements to your mud. Perhaps you’d make better sense liberal. When you stop eating mud and voting for higher tax rates you’d be taken seriously. Now go cry on your liberal friends shoulder crud ball.
So is that a yes or a no? Are your panties in a wad over this or not?
FYI, I have a full head of hair.
Hey sooth, do toupees count? -big horse laugh-
Answer my question, liesayer. I’m waiting…
You sure like to act like a bully. Go to the principal’s office jerk and take your licks.
Why do you insist on ignoring my question? Why don’t you want to answer it?
Can’t even post a link right?
The UN election monitors have arrived to officially view the 3 ballots, time to get this show on the road. The UN guys are the guys in the blue hat, the guys in the tin foil hats are the usual kooks.
To were told to stop eating mud. I’m sure your hallucinations will cease.
the tin foil hat is affecting your typing, but it matches your tutu and tap shoes.
Are you having those fantasies again mud eater.
aww jeez a bitter 80 yr old woman flirting with me.
This conservative says O.K> Game over. Shake hands. Concede.. Lets all work to make a better city. Next election the people will again make a choice. Don’t go on bickering, Spending thousands and thousands of dollars, creating ill will and bogging down the councils ability to act..
Find a way to count the votes that doesn’t depend on the mayor or city contractors and we can talk, otherwise every legal vote should be counted.
Every legal vote was counted and your candidate lost. You’ll get over it eventually.
You wouldn’t know turd. Now have a second helping of mud.
Multiple opportunities for Mr. Paul to win and 2 vote counts with same result. Let’s congratulate Ms. Mitchell and let the governing begin.
Now let’s examine that. You are saying counting the photo copies of the same votes is the same as recounting ALL votes cast? Let the courts decide if the election was fair and free of co-opting and possible corrupting influences. Let the natural process proceed. After all throwing a persons vote out of an election should not be done litely and by the same entity that stands to gain from it’s outcome. A city appointed committee is much too close to the process.
Filing a lawsuit after losing an election is not the “natural process”, graciously conceding to your
opponent and wishing them luck is.
Why is it not surprising that the liberal would be telling anyone not to defend their constitutional right to protect the process and votes. Only you would suggest that throwing citizens votes out on an subjective and arbitrary manner by a committee selected by one of the candidates supporters is ok. What country do you live in troll?
The votes have to be cast and mailed in time. The signatures must also match. Sorry if you don’t like that. Tough.
We need many more people like Ms. Hentschel and the oversight committee to protect the electoral process and fewer like larry. I would suggest though that next time more candidates that are concerned about these problems file the request to have the secretary of states office provide inspectors as was done in the general election, that way when games are played like denying one candidate access to voters at a retirement center which is accepting federal monies, it can immediately reported and investigated. I strongly urge Mr. Paul’s campaign to pursue the federal complaint via the courts. I will be happy to contribute directly to such an effort.
She needs to face facts. Your side lost. You can’t always get your way in life, sorry.
You only lose when you have more actual votes in 3rd world countries. Mr. Howard has every right to defend those citizens that voted for him and their ballots. Are you attempting to interfere with continuation of the process that is meant to protect voters constitutional right?
No one is trying to interfere with anything. They’re only more blatant lies made by you. Do you ever tell the truth?
You are building quite the reputation on here for baseless allegations and making excuses. Your credibility is 0.
That’s funny, Larry just posted this in response to himself. Maybe he should take boogymans advice and stop eating mud. LOL
My name is still not Larry. Or Charlie. Are you ever right about anything? Ever? Too bad you couldn’t make a career out of being wrong about everything all of the time, you’d be rich.
Only a liberal would make such an unsupported comment. You really need to get a new line of work. Hanging in here all day has warped your mind.
Congratulations, Mrs. Mitchell!
Give up, Nancy, you lost. Time to get over it now.