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County elections office readies ballots; official urges turnout for multiple local races
Summary
County elections staff said sample ballots were used because some entities submitted materials late; ballots were expected the next day and staff described a process for handling early ballots and low-turnout local races, urging residents to vote.
An elections official briefed the commissioners that voting technically opened and that the county was still awaiting physical ballots for certain local races because some entities submitted materials late.
The official said the county is prepared to accept votes using a copy of the ballot if necessary; those votes would be placed in envelopes, opened by bipartisan teams and then transferred to machine-readable ballots for counting. The official said sample ballots were available and that ballots were expected to arrive the following morning.
The official urged voter participation in upcoming local elections, saying low turnout can make individual votes decisive in mayoral and school board races: “Every vote counts,” the official said. The official encouraged 15 to 20 percent turnout to improve representation compared with very low turnout levels recorded in some past local elections. No formal board action on the election logistics was recorded in the transcript.
