CHALLENGER 12 VOTES AHEAD; CERTIFICATION OF WESTLAKE VILLAGE RACE EXPECTED NOV. 23.Byline: Krystn Shrieve Staff Writer Challenger Chris Mann Chris Mann (born 1949) is an Australian composer, poet and performer specializing in the emerging field of compositional linguistics,, coined by Kenneth Gaburo and described by Mann as "the mechanism whereby you understand what I'm thinking better than I do. appeared Friday to have eked out a win over City Councilman James Henderson James Henderson may refer to:
Henderson, 84, who was elected in 1995, refused to comment, saying he wanted to wait until the results of Tuesday's elections are finalized later this month. Election officials said additional results will be available Wednesday and Nov. 18, with certification expected Nov. 23. Mann, a 23-year-old specialist in child behavior, also remained only cautiously optimistic op·ti·mist n. 1. One who usually expects a favorable outcome. 2. A believer in philosophical optimism. op . ``I want to be careful not to get too excited,'' he said. ``Things could still go either way, but it's looking pretty good.'' Results released late Tuesday showed Henderson leading Mann by just one vote, 632 to 631. Mann, who ran unsuccessfully for the council in 1997, said he feels more comfortable now that there is a larger margin - if only slightly - between Henderson and himself. ``The fact that we were originally one point behind didn't bother me at all,'' Mann said. ``I would have felt the same way if we were one point ahead. Now that I'm 12 points ahead, I feel a little better.'' A computer glitch A temporary or random hardware malfunction. It is possible that a bug in a program may cause the hardware to appear as if it had a glitch in it and vice versa. At times it can be extremely difficult to determine whether a problem lies within the hardware or the software. See glitch attack. at the Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. County Registrar of Voters Office also could affect the outcome of the City Council race, and other local races, as well. Nearly 900 voters appeared on county rosters as having received absentee One who has left, either temporarily or permanently, his or her domicile or usual place of residence or business. A person beyond the geographical borders of a state who has not authorized an agent to represent him or her in legal proceedings that may be commenced against him or her ballots when, in fact, they had not. So when they went to the polls on Election Day, they were allowed to cast only provisional ballots A provisional ballot is used to record a vote when there is some question in regards to a given voter's eligibility. A provisional ballot would be cast when:
``We have a system to check every voter who requests an absentee ballot,'' registrar spokeswoman Grace Chavez said. ``We know what areas were affected and we can tell by our system whether an absentee ballot was surrendered.'' Registrar officials said any discrepancies caused by the computer glitch would be solved before the county's certification. Should either candidate decide to call for a recount, the cost could range from $1,583 for the use of four election employees to $13,118 for 48 employees, officials said. The candidate requesting the recount would have to pay the money up front. CAPTION(S): Box Box: Election '99 |
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