The Marietta board recessed its December 2, 2025 meeting to await complete runoff results after election staff reported preliminary turnout and ballot counts.

Michael, who the presiding officer recognized to deliver the election update, said absentee/mail ballots issued numbered 43, with 28 returned (27 accepted and one rejected). Two provisional ballots had been returned and could be cured by Friday. Advanced voting over five days produced 726 ballots, with Saturday the busiest day at "about a 190 something," Michael said. "That gets us to a grand total of 1,691," and "that's roughly 5%, I believe, of turnout," he added.

The board handled routine business before the update. Speaker 3 moved to approve the meeting agenda and Speaker 1 seconded; the presiding officer announced the motion passed 4 to 0, noting that Stacy was not present for the meeting. Later, after the election report and brief questions (Michael confirmed there were nine precincts), Speaker 1 asked for a motion to recess until the results were complete. The motion was moved and Speaker 2 indicated "I'll second." Speaker 1 announced a 4 to 0 vote in favor and declared the board in recess.

The procedural votes and the recess mean the board did not take further substantive action while awaiting final certification of results. The meeting record identifies the session as the December 2 runoff meeting for Marietta Wards 3 and 5; the board did not announce a time for reconvening in the transcript.

What happened next: the board went into recess pending completion of election results and any subsequent reporting or certification actions by election officials.