KOSCIUSKO, Miss. — There will be an official recount of votes in the Kosciusko Mayoral Race.
BreezyNews has learned that the recount will be take place Tuesday, June 17 at 9:00 am.
Following the June 3 election, no clear winner could be declared due to only 31 votes separating the candidates with 68 absentee and affidavit ballots left to be certified.
In the initial reporting of numbers, it appeared Myles Jr. was ahead in votes, however, on the day following the election, the City Clerk’s office announced the certified absentee ballots hadn’t been added into the total. After those were counted, incumbent Tim Kyle took a 31 vote lead.
Of the official affidavit ballots that were approved, there were 7 votes for Myles and 2 for Kyle. (See table for results).
Wednesday morning, the final absentee ballots were reviewed by the resolution board. There were a total of 9 ballots received, with 8 of them being rejected due to having no applications with the ballot. The one other absentee ballot was determined to have already been counted on election night.
The official numbers from the initial count are posted below.
