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Mayor in tied election suggests boxing bout
"I'm willing to duke it out," Mayor Wade Carlson said. "And I'm the old codger."
The Nov. 7 election between Carlson and challenger Larry Johnston is still undecided, tied at 366 votes each.
Weld County election officials plan to verify and count the three outstanding provisional ballots today, which could bring the saga to an end or could instead write another chapter in the tale.
"It's quite odd," Johnston said of the race's predicament. "It's kind of unfolding moment-to-moment."
The scenarios go like this: After the provisionals are counted, if one candidate has a two-vote margin or better on the other, then the race is decided and no recount will be needed, said Steve Moreno, the Weld County clerk and recorder.
If the race comes down to a one-vote advantage, then a recount will be automatically triggered under the threshold specified in state law, Moreno said. The recount would have to be completed by Dec. 7.
And if, after a recount, the race is tied, then the candidates will settle it with a game of chance by flipping a coin, for instance.
Dacono is home to about 3,700 people and is in a booming area of Weld County about 30 miles north of Denver. Both candidates said growth was a major issue in the campaign.
"The opponent has accused me of being a no-growth mayor, which is completely false," said Carlson, who is in his sixth year in office.
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