Plaisance wins Abbeville council seat by one vote

If Francis Plaisance is looking to see what put him over the top by one vote in the District B Councilman race in Abbeville, all he has to do is look at one precinct that only had two people vote for the council race.
Plaisance, in probably the closest election in Vermilion Parish in years, won by only one vote, 153-152 to win the District B Abbeville council seat over Rachel Touchet Mouton.
District B consists of eight precincts, and early voting. Out of the eight precincts, two did not have any vote for the council race.
Another precinct had only two people who voted in the council race. It was that precinct who looked to have pushed him to victory.

Saturday night, Plaisance was home watching the results come in and with only one precinct left, he was down by one vote. That final precinct left was the one that had only two people vote.
Those two voters voted for Plaisance giving him the close victory.
“I am really thankful for all of the voters who voted for me in District B,” said Plaisance. “I look forward to working with the Mayor and the council.”
The former Councilman-At-Large won four out of the eight precincts with Mouton winning two precincts, and she also won early voting. Mouton had 70 early-voting votes, while Plaisance had 64.
.On Tuesday morning, the voting machines were opened and the results of the District B results were verified.
Now, Plaisance has to wait for the state to verify the results of Saturday’s election.
If he clears that final hurdle, he will begin to figure out what date he can be sworn into office.
Plaisance has just over a year left to serve on long-time District B councilman Francis Touchet’s term. Touchet resigned to concentrate on being the school superintendent in Lafayette Parish.