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By Andersen Xia<\/p>\n

Aldermanic challenger Byron Sigcho<\/a>\u00a0filed a petition for a vote recount in the 25th<\/sup> Ward, wishing to push incumbent Alderman Danny Solis under 50 percent of vote and into a runoff.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe see that it\u2019s like one or two votes that each precinct only has to take to swift the election and to get the incumbent out of the runoff,\u201d Sigcho said Tuesday, adding that he wants a recount to ensure all votes are counted.<\/p>\n

According to the unofficial summary report<\/a> released by the Chicago Board of Elections, Solis, so far, has 50.95 percent of the vote to meet what he needs to retain his alderman\u2019s seat. However, there are only 70 votes separating him and Sigcho, who finished second in the Feb. 24 election.<\/p>\n

Sigcho said he was suspicious of \u201cthe casting and counting of ballots\u201d because of some \u201cirregularities\u201d that he and his volunteers witnessed throughout the city elections.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey have excluded me,\u201d said Miriam De Paz, a poll watcher at the 9th<\/sup> Precinct at St. Ann Catholic School<\/a> in Pilsen, who was also one of Sigcho\u2019s campaign volunteers. She blamed the judges for shutting down her operation despite her having official credentials.<\/p>\n

Spokesman of the Chicago Board of Elections, Jim Allen, declined to comment until the case has been reviewed in the courtroom.<\/p>\n

\"Byron<\/a>
Byron Sigcho is signing a credential to appoint one of his supporters as a poll watcher at the 4th Precinct that has been picked for the March 4 recount. Under general election law, state officials randomly pick 5 percent of the precincts in each county for a recount after every election. (Andersen Xia\/Medill)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Sigcho also accused the Chinese American Service League<\/a>, a prominent Chinatown nonprofit organization, of engaging in “improper electioneering,” which Sigcho said included facilitating the seniors\u2019 transportation after making senior houses off limits to him but not to Solis.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have already known that they had only one person who was able to speak and then we see you sending buses to take the same seniors to vote,\u201d Sigcho said. \u201cWe know how those votes are gonna go.\u201d<\/p>\n

CASL President Bernie Wong denied the denouncements. She said Sigcho had never contacted her for access to any particular place, and CASL did not decline Solis\u2019s visit in Chinatown\u2019s senior houses because \u201che came in not as a candidate.\u201d<\/p>\n

Also, Wong said there was no manipulation during the ride provided to the seniors.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s totally legitimate, totally legal.\u201d Wong said. \u201cWe didn\u2019t tell them whom to vote; We just told them to vote.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>
The Chinese American Service League offers seniors in Chinatown a bus ride to vote during the elections, resulting in complaints from Sigcho, who took this picture.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Sigcho and Wong had a similar\u00a0confrontation three weeks ago\u00a0after\u00a0Sigcho addressed an email to Linda Yu, an ABC news anchor and also the nonprofit\u2019s advisory board chairwoman, alleging that\u00a0CASL had engaged in\u00a0\u201cpartisan politics\u201d on behalf of Solis. The claim was refuted by Wong, who later demanded a full retraction of the statement in his letter.<\/p>\n

After numerous phone calls and emails, Solis\u2019 campaign could not be reached for comment.<\/p>\n

Under the city rule, the petition will open a process of discovery in which an initial eight priority precincts will be recounted by the Board before a judge decides for a full recount. Sigcho said he expects the final decision to come out by the March 10 deadline for absentee ballots.<\/p>\n

Photo at top: Byron Sigcho and his supporters were outside the Chicago Board of Elections after filing a petition for a vote recount on Tuesday. (Andersen Xia\/Medill)<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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