Republican Martha McSally, Democrat Ron Barber at AZPM debate Oct. 7, 2014.Listen:
Pima and Cochise counties are poised to begin the next step in the Congressional District 2 election saga. The electronic recount of votes is scheduled to begin Thursday.
County elections officials and the Secretary of State’s office have tested the machines that will carry the process and reprogrammed them to count just the CD2 votes. The ballots will first be counted electronically, with oversight from the state and the political parties.
Pima County officials say they expect to have all ballots recounted by the end of next week. After that, a hand count will begin, and if it affirms the electronic count, a judge will announce the results.
The process is expected to take about two weeks, and is mandated by state law to happen as outlined above. Republican Martha McSally led Democratic incumbent Ron Barber by 161 votes after the first count, and the tiny margin of victory triggered a recount, according to state law.
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