Elections

2006 RECOUNT FOR AUDITOR OF ACCOUNTS - JUDGMENT AND DECISION ORDER

STATE OF VERMONT
WASHINGTON COUNTY


WASHINGTON SUPERIOR COURT
DOCKET NO. 714-11-06 Wnev


IN RE: THOMAS M. SALMON
Petition for Recount of Vermont State Auditor,
General Election Held November 7, 2006

DECISION

A recount having been conducted for the Office of Auditor of Accounts, and the county clerks having completed the recount and reported the results to this court pursuant to 17 V.S.A. §2602h(d), and this court having reviewed and decided the disposition of questionable ballots pursuant to 17 V.S.A. §2602h(d) at a hearing convened for that purpose on December 21, 2006, and the court having compiled the results, the court finds that the following number of votes were cast for each candidate for the office of Auditor of Accounts:

Thomas M. Salmon, Democrat         111,770
Randy Brock, Republican                 111,668
Martha Abbott, Progressive               23,490
Jerry Levy, Liberty Union                    3,914
Write-in votes                                            118

TOTAL                                                   250,960

JUDGEMENT

The recount in this matter having been concluded and a Decision having been entered this day on the number of ballots cast for each candidate at a general election held on the 7th of November, 2006, for the office of Auditor of Accounts,

IT IS ORDERED AND ADJUDGED AND CERTIFIED that Thomas M. Salmon is duly elected to the Office of Auditor of Accounts by the voters present and voting.

Dated at Montpelier, Vermont, this 21st day of December, 2006.

Mary Miles Teachout
Presiding Judge

Karl B. Bloom
Assistant Judge