Carol Stone Pulls Within Five Votes Of Don Vlieger

The race for Sunnyside City Council District 3 is now separated by a mere five votes.  BLOGSUNNYSIDE estimates that the auditor’s office has 17 votes left on hand that could potentially be counted for Sunnyside voters.  If there is a problem with the ballot, it may not get counted in the final total.

If the election is within one-half of one percent (0.5%) a machine recount will be conducted under state law.  If the difference is one-fourth percent or less (.25%) a manual hand recount will be done.

Here are the updated numbers from the Yakima County Auditor:

• City of Sunnyside; Council, District 1

Jason R. Raines 619 47.25%

Theresa Hancock 683 52.14%

Write-In 8 0.61%

• City of Sunnyside; Council, District 2

Mike Farmer 765 57.22%

Jesse Hernandez, Jr. 566 42.33%

Write-In 6 0.45%

• City of Sunnyside; Council, District 3

Carol Stone 649 49.17%

Donavon (Don) Vlieger 654 49.55%

Write-In 17 1.29%