COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) – After ballot curing, the El Paso County Clerk and Recorders Office reports only seven votes separate Incumbent Democrat Stephanie Vigil and Republican Challenger Rebecca Keltie. The final outcome is within the range of an automatic recount.
As vote totals stand right now , Keltie leads 20,640 votes to Vigil’s 20,633. The Colorado Secretary of State’s Office says there’s one-hundredth of a percentage point separating the two candidates.
According to Colorado law , “A recount of any election contest shall be held if the difference between the highest number of votes cast in that election contest and the next highest number of votes cast in that election contest is less than or equal to one-half of one percent of the highest vote cast in that election contest.”
“It’s very rare. But I tell you what, I think what it does, it emphasizes the power of one vote,” El Paso County Clerk and Recorder Steve Schleiker said an election with this thin of margins isn’t something you see every day.