The runoff race between veteran prosecutor Gayland Gieger and the former state Rep. Kevin Calvey for District Attorney in Oklahoma County will go ahead, notwithstanding the manual recount that took place.
The Republican primary saw a four-way race for the county’s top prosecutor position, with Gieger and Calvey as the two top vote recipients. To prevent a runoff of the two top voter getters, one contestant must garner a minimum of 50% of the vote and Calvey was very close to the mark with 49.97 percent. A recount could have possibly put him over the top but out of 58,000 ballots a scant six additional votes were found and only two of them went to Calvey. Geiger received a total of 23.25 percent of the vote
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According to Misha Mohr, the spokeswoman for the Oklahoma Election Board, the found votes were the result of “over voting” and “under voting”. The first occurs when two candidates for an office have inadvertently been marked, and the latter when no candidates have been recognized by the tabulating machines. In either case, examining the ballots by hand reveals the intention of the voter.
On August 23, the Republican primary runoff will take place. In November, that winner will run against Vicki Behenna in the general election.
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