You know the old saying: it ain't over 'til it's over.
Well, it's over. The May Primary election, I mean.
Last week, I picked up the official, certified vote in the mayor's race and present it to you below. Of course, everyone knows that Michael Nutter won the Democratic nomination, but the returns that told us that on election night are unofficial -- so-called "flash returns."
The official count takes place in the weeks following the primary. It used to be done by hand. Now, with electronic voting, the "black boxes" in each voting machine are removed and fed into a computer, which reads the totals recorded.
The official vote did settle one (less than burning issue) -- who came in 3rd: Chaka Fattah or Bob Brady. The answer: Brady won third by a 173-vote margin over Fattah.
Here is the chart:
| Mayor - Nominate 1 | Total Votes | %%% | |||
| 1 | Nutter, Michael | 106,805 | 36.6% | ||
| 2 | Knox, Thomas J. | 71,731 | 24.6% | ||
| 3 | Brady, Robert A. | 44,474 | 15.3% | ||
| 4 | Fattah, Chaka | 44,301 | 15.2% | ||
| 5 | Evans, Dwight | 22,782 | 7.8% | ||
| 6 | Bass, Queena | 950 | 0.3% | ||
| 7 | White, Jesus | 437 | 0.1% | ||
| Write-In | 12 | 0.0% | |||
| Total Votes | 291,492 | ||||
| Nutter Margin | 35,074 |
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