By 3-2 vote SCORI rejects Tobon recount petition

The Rhode Island Supreme Court this afternoon issued an Order denying certiorari in District 58 Candidate Tobon's request for a hand recount of Rep. San Bento's one-vote primary victory. The majority concluded that the Court had no authority to order hand recount. Dissenting Chief Justice Suttell and Justice Goldberg read the statutes and case law to permit, indeed require, a hand recount under the circumstances.