EASTHAMPTON — A recount will be held for the city’s successful $6.9 million Proposition 2½ override after opponents submitted enough signatures to challenge the June 9 special election, citing concerns about the election process.

City Clerk Mary Ann Giza said Thursday that a petition with sufficient signatures had been submitted in time. She said the Board of Registrars will meet in the near future to set a recount date.

Mayor Salem Derby said Friday that he “doesn’t think there’s any chance” the recount will overturn the election result. The override, the only question on the ballot, passed by 239 votes, 3,312 to 3,073, according to unofficial results. A total of 6,385 ballots were cast.

The petition, led by members of the Easthampton Republican City Committee and Easthampton Active Citizens, seeks a hand count of all ballots cast, citing concerns about the distribution, handling and processing of mail-in ballots. Organizers have also raised broader concerns about the election process.

Republican Committee Chairwoman Cathy Wauczinski, who also co-founded Easthampton Active Citizens, said while the recount aims to ensure that the election was done transparently, it is also meant to draw state oversight of the election from the secretary of the commonwealth’s Elections Division.

“The main goal is to make sure our elections are secure and accurate,” Wauczinski told the Gazette last week. “It’s not about the money, for many of us that are fighting for this it’s about those that can’t fight for themselves.”

Wauczinski said she has heard from multiple people that they received empty mail-in ballots prior to the election and is now making records requests to find how many of them were received empty. Additionally, Wauczinski said she has concerns about the November election and hopes the petition can address her concerns.

On Tuesday, Wauczinski said that she spoke on the phone with the chief of the Elections Division and was told that any additional concerns need to be included in the petition. The Elections Division could not be reached for comment Friday.

“All of the concerns that we have regarding the election need to be included in the petition, even if they are not addressed by the recount,” Wauczinski said.

Derby said the city clerk identified the issue with the mail-in ballots and responded promptly. Additionally, he said that even if the Election Division does investigate the claims included in the petition, it will not reveal any issues. “I don’t think they’re going to find any new issues,” he said.

He also said that a recount is going to cost the city approximately $8,000.

“For people that are talking about fiscal responsibility and focused on minor things in the budget, this (recount) is probably going to cost the city $8,000,” Derby said. “To me that is not fiscal responsibility because the chances of them finding something are basically zero.”