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Recounts Don't Change 5 Local Contests

Lyndhurst TRW Development Plan Passes

CLEVELAND, Updated 11:02 p.m. EST December 14, 2000 -- The Cuyahoga County Board of Elections finished recounting ballots in five local contests Thursday, NewsChannel5's Chris Hernandez reported.

Chads became an important issue once again, as election workers recounted punch-card ballots. They came across chads that were pregnant, dimpled, hanging and fugitive -- that's right, fugitive.

"A fugitive chad is a chad that came from another ballot," recount observer Alan Melamed said. "It wound up jumping and is sticking to another chad. We saw it all here today."

Melamed is a spokesman for developer TRW. The company's development plan in Lyndhurst passed by only 54 certified votes. TRW picked up five more votes in the recount process.

"Our job now is to live up to the commitment we made to the community about what this project is going to be," Melamed said.

TRW opponents paid for the recount, but will not contest the loss in court.

"There were a number of people that simply did not vote on the issue," activist Pat Nash said. "That's disappointing to us."

The election board said that Ohio has clear recount standards.

"Sometimes before Florida, I would say, 'Why do we go through so much?'" board spokeswoman Gwen Dillingham said. "Now it's like, 'Thank god we go through so much.'"

The county recounted five races and issues -- one in Seven Hills, one in Brook Park, one in Brooklyn Heights, one in Bratenahl and the TRW issue in Lyndhurst.

The outcomes remained the same in all five contests, although some vote totals changed slightly.

The county will finish a recount in one more race Friday -- the close contest between judges Colleen Conway Cooney and Anthony O. Calabrese Jr. for the Eighth District Court of Appeals.

Previous Stories:

• December 5, 2000: Local Races Still Too Close To Call
• November 9, 2000: Shopping Complex Vote Too Close To Call
• October 20, 2000: TRW May Move If It Can't Build
• August 10, 2000: TRW Development Gets Boost From Voters
• April 10, 2000: Residents Angry About TRW Project

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