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Woodbury County board accepts recount request after Sergeant Bluff school bond falls seven votes short
Summary
The board voted to receive a recount petition for the Sergeant Bluff School District bond, saying Secretary of State guidance allowed a recount despite statutory ambiguity; officials proposed a public recount for Nov. 24 with a three-person recount board.
The Woodbury County Board of Supervisors on a unanimous voice vote accepted a petition to recount ballots in the Sergeant Bluff School District bond measure after officials said the measure fell seven votes short of the 60% approval threshold.
Michelle Scaff, acting county auditor and acting commissioner of elections, told the board the petitioners had shown the election total at 1,968 votes; the bond required 60% to pass, which would have been 1,181 affirmative votes, while the certified tally showed 1,174…
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