It appears that Taylor failed to do that and this resulted in the 0.013 percent she claims is the difference as opposed to the official 1.3 percent.

According to state law, in order to qualify for a recount there needs to be a “difference of not more than 1 percent of the total votes cast ... as determined by the State Board or the electoral board.”

The law does say that if a candidate falls below one-half of 1 percent, then the “costs of the recount shall be assessed against the counties and cities comprising the election district.”

Taylor is asking that the city pick up the tab for the recount “because the difference in votes cast for myself, School Board Trustee Taylor and Patrick Sapini is less than one-half of 1 percent.”

A hearing on the petition is scheduled for noon today in Richmond.

Taylor, whose first term has been marked with several controversies, is one of three Richmond School Board incumbents who did not win re-election Nov. 8. She joined the 6th District’s Shonda Harris-Muhammed and the 1st District’s Dawson Boyer.

Four other members did not run for re-election, and a fifth, Tichi Pinkney Eppes of the 9th District, failed to qualify for the ballot.