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18 SEPTEMBER 25, 1982 RECOUNT OF VOTES CAST FOR SENATOR IN GENERAL COURT-4th MIDDLESEX DISTRICT AT THE DEMOCRATIC STATE PRIMARY HELD SEPTEMBER 14, 1982 Pursuant to petitions filed with the Secretary of State, a recount of the votes cast for Senator in General Court-4th Middlesex District at the Democratic State Primary held September 14, 1982 was held on Saturday, September 25, 1982 starting at 9 A.M. and completed at 3:30 P.M. The check of the voting machine figures started at 9 A.M. at Harrington School (Pr. 1) and proceeded on as follows: Bowman School ( Pr. 2); Clarke Junior High School (Pr. 3); Senior High School (Pr. 4); Central Fire Station (Pr. 8); Diamond Junior High School (Pr. 6); Estabrook School (Pr. 7); Maria Hastings School (Pr. 9); Cary Memorial Hall (Pr. 5). The following election officers were present: Checking the machine figures at the various precincts and counting absentee ballots: D Marjorie Modoono R Norma B. Jervis Counting absentee ballots only: D Gulli I. Kula R Virginia M. Warner Runner at the absentee ballot counting procedure: D Mary F. Williams The following were also present: Board of Registrars: R Reed Kingston Taylor, Chairman D Mary C. Abegg R William B. Simmons D Mary R. McDonough, Clerk Candidates and Representatives: Richard A. Kraus, Candidate Counsel, Haskell Kassler Agents: Stephen Blacklocks, Harry Katz, Bernice Jones, William Maytum James J. Lyons, Jr., Candidate Counsel, Kevin Feeley Agents: Joseph Tortelli, Bernadette Lyons At the conclusion of the verification of the voting machine figures, the counting of the absentee ballots commenced at approximately 1 P.M. in Estabrook Hall. James J. Lyons , Jr. challenged the vote on one absentee ballot and, after the Board of Registrars unanimously made the decision that the vote should be given to Richard A. Kraus, Mr. Lyons protested the vote. At the conclusion of the absentee ballot count and the final tallying, Reed Kingston Taylor, Chairman of the Board of Registrars, read the final results of the recount as follows: (Mr. Taylor did not read the precint totals) SENATOR IN GENERAL COURT - 4th MIDDLESEX DISTRICT Pr.l Pr.2 Pr.3 Pr.4 Pr.5 Pr.6 Pr.7 Pr.8 Pr.9 Totals -.- Gerard P. Donahoe 55 60 77 62 59 51 72 37 85 558 Edward A. Flaherty 66 60 55 63 92 45 48 51 77 557 Richard A. Kraus 321 461 346 436 391 488 487 333 383 3,646 James J. Lyons, Jr. 242 217 112 73 74 45 43 84 68 958 William Mahoney 130 97 138 133 145 143 164 111 162 1,223 Helen Metros 56 37 42 40 48 36 38 35 60 392 Charles Porter 10 12 4 12 11 4 6 5 11 75 Blanks 122 133 148 171 152 139 165 128 136 1,294 Totals 1,002 1,077 922 990 972 951 1,023 784 982 8,703