By Recount to start Tuesday in GOP primary race for governor
Montgomery, AL – - A spokesman for the Alabama Republican
Party says most counties should begin recounting the votes in the
primary for governor on Tuesday.
But party spokesman Philip Bryan says it will take more than one
day to get a recount statewide.
Third-place finisher Tim James decided Sunday night to push
ahead with his request for a recount.
Attorney General Troy King issued an advisory opinion Friday
saying the top two finishers, Bradley Byrne and Robert Bentley,
should appear on the runoff ballot July 13 and a recount could be
used after the runoff to file an election contest. But now he says
his advisory opinion was for the secretary of state, and neither
James nor the Republican Party are required to follow it.