| Two of four counties have finished their recounts and Macias has grown his lead by 5 votes to 51.
SAEN: Two of the four counties recounted their ballots Wednesday, and Macias' margin increased by five votes, from 46 to 51. Casteel picked up two more votes in Comal County and Macias picked up seven additional votes. The totals in Bandera County remained the same.
Gillespie County began the recount process but did not finish. The results are expected to be ready today, Gillespie County Republican Chairwoman Pauline Cusack said. She said the county's five largest boxes remain to be counted.
Kendall County is to recount its ballots Friday.
Gillespie County Chairwoman Pauline Cusack was a supporter of Casteel, but unless someone is willing to risk some Duval County type ballot stuffing, I don't expect the 52-48 Gillespie County to yield dozens of extra votes.
"I've dealt with it already and moved on down the line," Casteel said. "I only asked for the recount because my supporters were having a fit."
Macias said he was "delighted" by the recount results so far.
"We're definitely excited about the system and the quality of the system and the integrity of the system we vote under," he said. "We hope that will continue to play out and hopefully Friday we will have the final results."
My only question is, when they contact Macias for quotes, does the phone call get routed through San Antonio first? I just want to be sure that James Leininger approves of his message. Oh wait, he does to the tune of nearly one million dollars. |
