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Opelika council approves resolution canvassing Aug. 26 municipal election, directs certificates of election
Summary
At a special meeting, the Opelika City Council reviewed provisional ballots, approved a resolution canvassing the Aug. 26 municipal election results and directed the mayor to issue certificates of election and the clerk to publish the resolution.
The Opelika City Council at a special meeting approved a resolution canvassing the Aug. 26 municipal election results and directed the mayor to issue certificates of election, the council said during a review of provisional ballots.
Council members reviewed provisional ballots in public, placing each provisional into a “count” or “don’t count” pile before matching accepted provisional ballots to the official vote boxes. A board of registrars representative summarized the provisional process: "Provisional votes are votes that [a] voter goes to the poll or the absentee ballot box and they — they're not on the list or whatever ... and the board of registrars…
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