UPDATED — Recount now set for next Friday in Cerro Gordo supervisors race

This story was originally published at 5:30 AM Friday morning and was updated at 11:30 AM

MASON CITY — The recount for the Cerro Gordo County Board of Supervisors District 3 race will take place next Friday after the supervisors approved the recount process at a special meeting on Thursday.

After over 6200 ballots have been counted, Republican challenger Carl Ginapp holds a two-vote lead currently over incumbent Democrat Lori Meacham Ginapp.

A three-person panel consisting of one person chosen by each candidate as well as an independent third party that both sides agree on will oversee the recount process. Lori Meacham Ginapp has chosen Timothy Lapointe, who lost by over 1100 votes to incumbent Chris Watts in the District 1 supervisors race last week. Carl Ginapp has chosen Don O’Connor, who lost by five votes to Meacham Ginapp in this same race two years ago. The third party will be Colleen Frein, the president and CEO of the Mason City Chamber of Commerce.

The recount will be done using electronic voting equipment.  The recount will start at 8:00 AM on Friday November 22nd in the election annex, which is located across the alley from the courthouse. The recount is open to the public.