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Woodbury County board certifies school election canvas, resolves tied council seat by drawing
Summary
The Woodbury County Board of Supervisors received and signed a city school election canvas, resolved a three‑way tie for a council seat by drawing Stephanie Durrell as the winner, and approved routine claims; election staff reported one brief fire‑alarm evacuation at East High School but said procedures worked and voting resumed.
The Woodbury County Board of Supervisors on Nov. 14 received and approved the city school election canvass and signed the related certificates, and resolved a tied city council seat by drawing a winner from write‑in ballots.
Steve Hoffmeyer, deputy commissioner of elections, summarized the canvass for the board. "We had 10 provisional ballots from election day. Eight of those were accepted. One was rejected because the voter did not provide proper ID, and one was rejected because the voter voted in the wrong precinct," Hoffmeyer said. He told the board four after‑election absentee envelopes were rejected because they were received too late; "Those all have to be in our office by 8PM on election night," he said.
Hoffmeyer reported the city of Odo council race for three seats had a unique outcome: one clear…
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