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Ada County certifies consolidated Nov. 4 municipal election; clerk highlights ballot-on-demand and ballot verifier
Summary
Ada County commissioners certified consolidated Nov. 4 municipal and district election results and heard a detailed report from the county clerk on turnout (about 29.6%), expanded ballot-on-demand use and the county—s ballot-verifier system that allows public review of ballot images.
Ada County—s Board of Commissioners on the morning of the meeting voted unanimously to canvas and certify the consolidated Nov. 4, 2025 municipal and district election results.
Trent Franklin, Ada County clerk, told the board that turnout for the consolidated election was about 29.6 percent and described the county—s ballot-on-demand and ballot-verifier systems, which election staff said improved security and transparency. "With ballot on demand, you check in, and we print your specific ballot right then and there," Franklin said. He added the county used ballot-on-demand in roughly half the precincts this cycle and that the approach reduces preprinted-ballot errors and saves costs.
Saul Seiler, elections staff, described chain-of-custody procedures for equipment and ballots, including locked cages with GPS tracking and dual-custody logs. On the ballot-verifier system, Franklin said the county now provides images of every cast ballot and how tabulation machines read them: "Everybody can see every single ballot that's cast, the actual image, and how the tabulation machines actually tabulated them." Franklin said the verifier would be published in about a week and a half so candidates and the public could review ballots and contest results if necessary.
Board members asked about undervotes and recount triggers; Franklin said there were questions about undervotes in some down-ballot contests but "there wasn't anything close enough to trigger any kind of automatic recount." He said the verifier would allow individual voters or candidates to inspect ballots in their contests if concerns remain.
The board—s motion to certify covered multiple municipal elections (Boise City, Eagle, Garden City, Kuna, Meridian, Star City), school trustee elections in West Ada and Kuna, several fire protection and cemetery district races, and municipal levy results. The motion passed by voice vote. The clerk advised the board that certified winners would be sworn in in January per the usual schedule.
