Chang-Diaz gets her recount - but maybe only part of it

The city will recount most of the votes, but not in the two wards where she fell short of the required 50 signatures. Chang-Diaz will sue to get those wards counted.

Given the clearly odd results in that race (remember: city election workers failed to file results in eight precincts) why didn't the secretary of state and the mayor simply declare a full recount?

... Hanging on to the literal interpretation of the recount rules spits on the voters. ...

At the least, any poll worker who chose not to count ballots or locked away the write-in class ones to avoid democracy needs to be canned. They don't get paid much, but they do have as a rule a strong insider identity in this process. I'm sure we can find enough of us who are willing to do the job, the whole job. ...

Cos reports from the front line of the Chang-Diaz petition drive yesterday.