RTA ballots from 2006 to be recounted

March 25, 2009, 4:42 p.m.
GARRY DUFFY
Tucson Citizen
A hand recount of the 2006 Regional Transportation Authority election ballots will begin April 6, according to a letter the Arizona Attorney General's Office sent to the Pima County political party officials Monday.

The recount is part of a criminal probe by the AG into complaints that vote results may have been manipulated.

The attorney general's office last month seized the ballots from the Pima County Treasurer's Office, where officials have been seeking court direction on whether the ballots should be destroyed.

"Our examination of the RTA ballots will include a hand count of the ballots," wrote Donald E. Conrad, criminal division chief counsel at the attorney general's office. The examination is expected to take five days, he wrote. Check this link for more of the story.
Stay tuned as procedures take shape.