7:15 p.m.
Gene Beaudoin, the consultant who is promoting development of slot machines and a retail/office complex at Scarborough Downs race track, said Monday night he has not decided if he will seek a ballot recount.

Beaudoin and Mark Maroon, a representive from Save Our Scarborough, attended a two-hour ballot inspection Monday afternoon at Scarborough Town Hall.

"We wanted to get a lay of the land before making our decision (to hold a recount)," Beaudoin explained.

Maroon, whose group opposes the project, said he fully expects that Scarborough Downs will request a recount of ballots cast in the Nov. 4 election. A measure to allow slot machines at Scarborough Downs was defeated by a margin of 239 votes.

Beaudoin has until Monday to ask for a hand recount, which he says would cost him about $3,000 out of pocket.

1:31 p.m.

SCARBOROUGH -- The town is inspecting ballots today at the request of supporters of a proposal to allow slot machines at the Scarborough Downs racetrack.

Lawyers for the town and the slots promoters will gather in Chamber B
of the Scarborough Town Hall at 2 p.m. today to begin the ballot inspection. If enough ballots are disputed, a full recount can be requested.

A measure to rezone Scarborough Downs to allow for slot machines was defeated by voters on Nov. 4 by a vote of 5,804 to 5,565.

Representatives of the groups opposed to slot machines in the town, will be present for the inspection, too.

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