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The recanvass
will take place at all 120 county boards of election on
Thursday, according to the Kentucky Secretary of State Alison
Grimes.
Clinton won Kentucky by just 1,924 votes, according to the
unofficial totals posted on the secretary of state's elections
page. She won Jefferson County, which includes Louisville and is
the largest by far of the state's 120 counties, by nearly 10
times that amount
In his filing on Tuesday, Sanders requested a full check and
recount of every voting machine and absentee ballot from all
precincts in the counties, according to Grimes' website.
"My office is notifying all county boards of elections that Sen.
Sanders has requested a recanvass, and we are reminding them of
the laws and procedures to be followed," Grimes said in a
statement.
Clinton, a former U.S. senator and secretary of state, narrowly
defeated Sanders, a U.S. senator from Vermont, in the May 17
presidential nominating contest in Kentucky, a state she had not
been expected to win.
A Sanders campaign representative said the recount request was
important for the integrity of the Democratic presidential
contest, in which Sanders is continuing to challenge Clinton
despite her formidable lead in the number of delegates needed to
secure the nomination.
"I think the point is just transparency, it's not just about
Kentucky," Sanders aide Larry Cohen said on CNN. "It's about
trying to create a context, now and at the (Democratic)
convention, that these primaries and caucuses need transparency,
they need to be authentic, they need to build confidence among
voters, particularly younger voters, that this is not rigged."
Sanders has generally drawn more support from young voters than
Clinton.
(Reporting by Steve Bittenbender and Doina Chiacu; Editing by
Jonathan Oatis)
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