COUNCIL VICTORY ELUSIVE WESTE LEADS HEIDT BUT SURPRISE ENDING POSSIBLE.Byline: Amy Raisin raisin, in botany and cooking raisin, dried fruit of certain varieties of grapevines bearing grapes with a high content of sugar and solid flesh. Although the fruit is sometimes artificially dehydrated, it is usually sun-dried. Staff Writer SANTA CLARITA Santa Clarita, city (1990 pop. 110,642), Los Angeles co., S Calif., suburb 30 mi (48 km) NW of downtown Los Angeles, on the Santa Clara River; inc. 1987. Situated in the Santa Clara valley and nearby canyons, Santa Clarita includes the former towns of Canyon Country, - Laurene Weste has claimed victory in this week's City Council election, yet she holds just a 296-vote lead over challenger Jan Heidt with more than 400 ballots yet to be counted. City officials said they expect the official count to be completed by Tuesday but must first verify signatures on all mail-in ballots and then run each one through a counting machine. ``We're waiting for some signature verification from the county,'' said Santa Clarita City Clerk In the United States, a City Clerk is an elected or appointed official who is responsible as the official keeper of the municipal records. In some places, the Clerk may be known as the "Village Clerk" or "Town Clerk". Sharon Dawson. ``I can't speculate what the results will be. Results are unofficial until they are certified See certification. by me.'' Weste, who came in third in Tuesday's race with 5,179 votes, said she is confident that she will continue serving on the City Council. ``I believe that to be true. We had an election and we're finishing the election process,'' Weste said. Heidt, who earned 4,883 votes, made a brief statement when contacted at her home Thursday. ``Statistically, there's no way to change anything,'' Heidt said. The waiting game conjures the memory of a 1999 dispute in which the William S William, crown prince of Germany William or Frederick William, 1882–1951, crown prince of Germany, son of William II. In World War I he commanded (1914) an army on the Western Front and was nominal commander in the German attack . Hart Union High School District board demanded a recount after voters narrowly defeated a $52 million school construction bond. The recount found that the bond failed by 31 votes. While the City Council election results are not being contested, 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:
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