The Wayne County Board of Canvassers approved a request for a recount in the Hamtramck mayoral race in Tuesday’s board meeting, one week after certified votes showed Adam Alharbi winning by six votes over Councilman Muhith Mahmood.
Records show that Mahmood filed a petition for a recount on Nov. 19. Certified results showed Alharbi with 2,066 votes to Mahmood’s 2,060 votes.
The recount is scheduled for 9 a.m. on Dec. 2.
Unofficial results in the Nov. 4 election initially showed Alharbi winning by 11 votes. However, the race had not yet been declared because election officials rejected 150 absentee ballots due to discrepancies with the signature on the sealed envelope. Those 150 voters were given until Nov. 7 to correct their ballots for them to be counted. Election officials say a majority of those 150 ballots were resubmitted.
