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Of the 20 mail-in voters who voted on the toll issue, 14 voted "yes," 6 voted "no."
Before today's count, the vote to keep the tolls were in the lead by just eight votes.
After a slight delay to make sure all the military mail-in ballots had time to arrive, and to account for the observance of Veterans Day, elections officials today counted the remaining 32 ballots in Orleans Parish.
Orleans Clerk of Court Arthur Morrell has seen some close votes, but said this one takes the cake.
''Razor thin, because you're talking about 16 votes out of over 200,000 cast,'' Morrell said, adding, "this is how close it is, you can have one family who maybe didn't get out to vote for some reason and it could have made a change in the outcome of the election.''
Orleans Clerk of Court Arthur Morrell has seen some close votes, but said this one takes the cake.
''Razor thin, because you're talking about 16 votes out of over 200,000 cast,'' Morrell said, adding, "this is how close it is, you can have one family who maybe didn't get out to vote for some reason and it could have made a change in the outcome of the election.''
Opponents of the measure to keep the tolls have said that they wanted a recount no matter the outcome, given the razor-thin outcome.
Photo by Jay Vise
