Ryan Nicol
Voters in Vero Beach have sent Robert Brackett, Laura Moss and Tony Young to the City Council once again after a lawsuit invalidated the trio’s election in November.
Linda Hillman, who came in fourth place Tuesday night, sued over the Nov. 6 election after she was disqualified for not completing the required paperwork. That suit was settled in December, with the parties agreeing to hold a special election as a do-over.
But even with Hillman appearing on the ballot this time around, voters stuck with their original choices.
In a race where the top three are seated, Young led the candidates with 25 percent of the vote, followed by Brackett and Moss both at just over 21 percent.
Hillman garnered 18 percent of the vote. Bob McCabe came in fifth place with 10 percent and Brian Heady ended in sixth with just 4 percent.
Heady was also disqualified from the November race due to incomplete paperwork.
With all precincts reporting, 2,762 of Vero Beach’s voters cast ballots. That’s just under 23 percent of the 12,208 registered voters in the area.
