"In the District 7 race, 11 candidates ran for two spots in the general election. Said Ahmed and Miniard Culpepper came out ahead, but just barely. The top-five vote-getters were all within around 100 votes of each other. The third-place finisher, Mavrick Afonso, received just 20 votes less than Culpepper. Afonso successfully gathered enough signatures to file recount petitions in four of the six wards located in District 7, according to the city of Boston's election department."
""This isn't about politics, it's about protecting our democracy and ensuring the outcome truly reflects the will of the people," Afonso wrote in an Instagram post recently about his effort to seek a recount. In the district 7 race, recounts will take place in wards 4, 9, 12, and 13. In the mayoral race, community activist Domingos DaRosa pursued a longshot bid to oust Mayor Michelle Wu."
Election officials in Boston will oversee recounts in two races after losing candidates filed challenges. In District 7, 11 candidates competed for two general-election spots; Said Ahmed and Miniard Culpepper finished first and second by very narrow margins. The top five vote-getters were separated by roughly 100 votes, and third-place Mavrick Afonso trailed Culpepper by 20 votes. Afonso gathered enough signatures to request recounts in wards 4, 9, 12, and 13, with several other candidates joining the effort. In the mayoral contest, Domingos DaRosa received 2,409 votes, below the 3,000-signature threshold required to advance.
Read at Boston.com
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