A last-minute write-in campaign for the Fleischmanns village board by planning board chair Larry Reilly and local businessman Martin Morales failed to get either candidate enough votes for a seat on the board. Incumbent trustees Fred Woller and Harriet Grossman won yesterday's election.
The results from village clerk Lorraine DeMarfio, also posted on the Fleischmanns village website:
Harriet Grossman: 49
Fred Woller: 43
Larry Reilly: 35
Martin Morales: 26
Reilly told the Watershed Post that he has already asked the Delaware County Board of Elections for a recount. The county should complete the recount within the next five days, he said.
The vote-counting last night took an hour and fifteen minutes, Reilly said.
"I think we might've made the Guinness Book of World Records for the longest vote-count in Fleischmanns history," he said. "Last year, it took 15 minutes."
This will be the second recount for the village in two years. Last year, a recount was held for a squeaker of a race between Woller and Dave Morell for the mayorship.
