Several public offices remain undecided four days after Election Day.

In Bath, Cal Stilphen said Thursday that he will seek a recount of the election for City Council in Ward 7.

A recount also has been requested in Senate District 17, where only 33 votes of more than 19,000 cast gave Republican Sen. Garrett Paul Mason a win over his Democratic challenger, Colleen Quint, according to Megan Sanborn, a spokeswoman in the office of the Secretary of State.

Sanborn said Quint requested the recount.

In Senate District 20, it was unclear whether Republican Les Fossel, of Alna, would seek a recount in a race he aparently lost by 29 votes — or 0.2 percent — out of more than 23,000 cast. Fossel did not return a call seeking comment today.

If the trailing candidate requests, a recount is automatic in a race decided by less than 1 percent of all votes cast, by state statute.

In Bath, Stilphen said he would wait until Tuesday to submit a written request for the new vote to City Clerk Mary White, because White and others in the clerk’s office are still busy with state election results. The recount will occur within five days thereafter, he said.

As ratified Wednesday night by the City Council, Everett “Tink” Mitchell won Tuesday’s Ward 7 election with 232 votes. Stilphen received 226 votes, and Larry Scott was a close third with 218.

“Over 200 people voted for me, and it was so close, it’s important to them to make sure it’s right,” Stilphen said.

Ballot clerks will recount the votes by hand. The results of the recount could be appealed to the clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court, whose decision would be final.