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Unofficial runoff totals show about 4.3% turnout; election staff report multiple scanner failures at busy Smyrna precincts
Summary
Speaker 2 (election staff) reported unofficial totals for the special runoff: 1,889 absentee ballots and a grand unofficial total of 3,780 (roughly 4.3% turnout of 87,261 registered voters). Staff also described repeated scanner failures at Smyrna precincts; the board recessed while results were pending.
Speaker 2, an elections staff member, reported unofficial election-night numbers and described equipment problems that slowed reporting.
"For absentee or advance in person, we ended up with 1,864," Speaker 2 said, adding that 25 absentee-by-mail ballots were accepted and one provisional ballot had not been returned by the 7 p.m. deadline. "So that's a total of 25, putting us at a grand total for absentee at 1,889." Speaker 2 gave an unofficial grand total of 3,780 ballots, which they said is roughly a 4.3% turnout of 87,261 registered voters. "For…
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