February 12, 2007

"Election outcome remains unsettled"

"Janet Nguyen hung on to the hope Thursday that she may legally be able to surmount that slender, seven-vote margin in the supervisor race while the winner, Trung Nguyen, toured what he believes will be his new office.

Lawyers for Janet Nguyen may go to court today to try to stop certification of the election. They said the race is still winnable for her. They plan to question the accuracy of the election machines and the registrar of voters' determination on some provisional ballots. The campaign has already determined that it will request a recount.

"We have an excellent chance of getting seven votes switched," said Dave Gilliard, Janet Nguyen's campaign consultant. "At seven votes, I think the race is still very much up in the air."

Trung Nguyen, meanwhile, spent Thursday making plans for serving as supervisor. He was talking to potential advisers, said his lawyer, Michael Schroeder, and visited the supervisors' offices on the fifth floor of the Orange County Hall of Administration."

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Posted by Randy Riddle at February 12, 2007 10:00 AM