Unofficial: Brooks, Hemenway Survive

Unofficially, Ray Gun reports that incumbent Edie Brooks nipped challenger James Purtee by 7 votes in the hotly contested Zone 1 trustee election and incumbent Bill Hemenway defeated challenger Terri Seymour by 40 votes in Zone 3. OpenCdA.com reports the totals as 323 to 316 in the Brooks-Purtee race, which featured a controversy re: missing yard signs in the closing days, and 233-191 (slightly different than Ray Gun) in the Hemenway/Seymour contest here . Concludes Mary, Dan, Bill & Co.: “Let’s hope there is a recount and a challenge to make sure every voter was indeed from Zone 1.” Sounds like their candidates didn’t win. Again.

Question: What role did the flap over the yard signs in the closing days of the election play in the incumbents’ abilities to squeak out victories (if, indeed, the results hold)?