A recount is being held today in Bethel on a few close races from Election Day.  The recanvass started at 10am of the returns of the voting machines, absentee ballots and write-in ballots.  The recount was automatically triggered by close votes for the Offices of Board of Finance and the Police Commission. 

In the recount, every one of the 4,504 ballots will be examined by teams of two from opposite parties to identify mismarked ballots that possibly were not read by the ballot tabulator to reflect the voter's intent. Such ballots will be hand counted. 

The public may observe the Recanvass process without conversing with or interfering with the work of the Recanvass Officials. The Head Moderator, Nancy Ryan, has the sole discretion to limit the distance from which the public may observe the process.