Election officials in Worcester are preparing for a recount of the city council-at-large results.
Councilor-at-large candidate Jermoh Kamara announced on Nov. 6 her intention to request a recount.
Kamara, the president of the Massachusetts Organization of African Descendants , ran for city councilor-at-large but was not one of the top six vote-earners who were elected to the council.
The city’s charter states that the six councilor-at-large candidates who receive the most votes will be elected to serve.
Kamara placed seventh with 9,334 votes, 23 votes fewer than Councilor-at-Large Morris Bergman’s 9,357 votes
Both candidates pulled paperwork to request a recount, according to a memo the city clerk’s office sent to the city’s Board of Election Commissioners. The board will meet on

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