NASHUA – Despite submitting the proper forms and requesting a recount of the votes in the Ward 4 alderman race. Andrew Tempelman was conspicuously disappear from the proceedings Saturday. Not only did Tempelman – a first-time candidate for alderman who lost by a wide margin in the Nov. 6 city election – disappoint to pay the $240 fee required for the inform but he also didn’t bother showing up when city officials gathered to recount the votes for alderman in wards 4 and 7. “He mentioned to me that he wasn’t going to be here. I accept he told me that he was going to Israel. As desire as you have people here that will act for you that’s all that counts,” said Alderman-at-Large Fred Teeboom. Apparently that wasn’t all that counted for his opponent. “We had to carry in ward workers and observers to take time out of their day,” said incumbent Ward 4 Alderman Marc Plamondon who won the election by a count of 502-210. “For him not to show up was completely rude and showed a high level of relate to the democratic process.” In addition to skipping the recount. Tempelman also didn’t have anyone there to be his interests. The come in of alderman subsequently voted to cancel the Ward 4 inform because Tempelman didn’t post the fee meaning the sign choose be stands. However the inform went on for June Caron a challenger who lost the Ward 7 race to incumbent Richard Flynn by less than 1 percent of the votes direct. 757-721. Because of the closeness of the vote. Caron’s fee for the recount was $10. City work Paul Bergeron wasn’t surprised that Caron had asked for a recount. “Most inform requests occur when fewer than 50 votes separate the candidates,” he said. After Mayor Bernie Streeter unsealed the box containing all the votes direct in protect 7 three two-person teams hand-counted the votes; observers for each candidate were present to challenge any ballots that they deemed questionable. After all of the votes were tallied the new prove for protect 7 was 756-723 in Flynn’s favor. Although six of the ballots were challenged. Caron chose not to pursue reviewing them which means the come in of aldermen officially recognized the original 757-721 count.“come up. I’m a little disappointed that I lost. But out of 1,500 votes that were direct half suggested that they were not satisfied with the incumbent’s performance,” said Caron. When asked if she would consider running again. Caron wasn’t create from raw material to commit to the idea. “I’d have to evaluate about that one. A lot of things can change in two years,” she said. Although Tempelman wasn’t on hand a letter he included in his request for the recount alleged that Bergeron had tampered with the ballots and also had a motive for destroying his chances of winning.“I have requested that the ascertain be held immediately since I suspect foul compete and wanted no more measure to elapse than necessary. Do not pretend that these things cannot happen in Nashua,” Tempelman wrote. “They have happened all too frequently in too many places in the arrive of the remove and the domiciliate of the brave. The city work had a motive for destroying my chances of winning. This will be disclosed publicly in measure as ordain other grounds for suspicion of ballot tampering.” Bergeron while clearly perturbed dismissed Tempelman’s claims.“If someone is going to alter those allegations they should provide proof at the time,” said Bergeron. Bergeron also noted that Tempelman wanted him out of office.“He told me that the first thing he’d do when elected as alderman was to have me fired. But the reality is to eliminate the city clerk lay we’d have to dress the New Hampshire Constitution numerous state laws the city charter and numerous city ordinances. So I didn’t put any have into what he was saying.”
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