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Benton County canvass: hand count in Vinton 2 matched machines; board approves resolution 2591
Summary
Elections staff reported a hand recount in Vinton 2 (101 ballots) matched the machine totals; the board consolidated several write-in spellings for one candidate, approved Resolution 2591 to adopt the first-tier canvass and directed staff to issue certificates and open-meeting training notices to newly elected officials.
Elections staff reported to the board that the Secretary of State selected Vinton 2 for a post-election hand count and that the county’s bipartisan three-person team hand-counted 101 ballots. Speaker 2 said the hand count matched the machine totals: “it matched exactly what the machine said we had.” The county will certify those results back to the Secretary of State.
During the canvass, staff flagged several write-in spellings for the same person in one race.…
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