Jeremy Matlow wins machine recount in City Commission Seat 3 race

Winner! Winner! Pizza dinner!

A mandatory machine recount of the race for City Commission Seat 3 confirmed Jeremy Matlow, the owner of Gaines Street Pies and other restaurants, the winner over credit union CEO Lisa Brown.

"It feels great. We didn't expect the results to change, but it was important to count every vote and make sure we got it right," Matlow said in a text message to the Tallahassee Democrat. "Proud to live in Leon County where we continue to lead the way in fair and accurate elections."

At the conclusion of the machine recount Tuesday afternoon, Matlow had 37,509 votes or one fewer than he had on election night. Brown lost two votes, for a total of 37,181 or 328 votes fewer than Matlow, keeping the margin essentially the same at .44 percent, not enough to trigger a second, manual recount.

The Leon County Canvassing Board voted unanimously to confirm the win for Matlow.

On election night, Matlow had a 327-vote or .44 percent margin over Brown. State law requires an automatic machine recount if the margin is .5 percent or lower. Had the recount resulted in a margin of .25 percent or lower, then the race would have gone to a manual recount of the over and undervotes in that race.

There were 3 overvotes — when a voter marks more than one choice on a ballot item.

Contact Schweers at jschweers@tallahassee.com. Follow him on Twitter @jeffschweers.

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