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Finney County canvassers add 55 provisional ballots, certify Nov. 4 results
Summary
The Finney County board of canvassers reviewed provisional and mail ballots from the Nov. 4 election, accepted 55 provisional ballots and certified final results after resolving grouped ballot issues and a small number of hand counts and write-ins.
The Finney County board of canvassers met in public session and completed its review of provisional and challenged ballots from the Nov. 4 election, adding 55 provisional ballots to the official totals and certifying the election results.
County election staff described grouped provisional ballots and recommended specific actions for each group. Chief election staff told the board that ballots C1 through C6 should be denied because the voters were not registered by the statutory deadline; after a motion to deny, the board voted by voice to reject those six ballots. The board voted to count C7 through C15 after staff verified that the voters’ name or address changes did not affect eligibility.
Clerk and elections staff grouped ballots by common eligibility issues to increase efficiency. Ballots C16–C19 were denied because the voters remained actively registered in other Kansas counties. The board approved counting C20–C63, the largest group (44 ballots), which consisted of voters who moved within Finney County and filed updated registration forms. Ballot C64 (an advance/mail ballot not returned but verified not duplicated) and C65 (a poll-book clerical error) were both approved for counting. Two provisional ballots, C66 and C67, involved an annexation/address discrepancy; the board approved a partial count to include only the Holcomb city-council race on those ballots and not to count them for countywide offices.
The board reviewed mail ballots with postal irregularities. Staff presented two ballots (C68 and C69) received without an identifiable postmark or with missing postage; county legal counsel advised that the controlling statute requires a postmark or postal-service indication for timely mailing. On counsel’s advice, the board voted to deny C68 and C69. Two ballots (C70 and C71) had postmarks showing election day but were received after the three-day statutory window; the board voted not to count those as well.
After the canvass motions and hand counts, election staff told the canvassers the updated totals: 2,919 election-day ballots, 814 early ballots, 132 mail ballots (after processing), and 55 additional provisional ballots approved by the canvassers. The clerk noted that hand counts and a post-election audit were performed earlier and that the audit results matched machine totals for the audited precincts.
The board then voted to certify the results. The clerk said the judges’ report and audit had been turned into the Secretary of State’s office and that the certification would be forwarded accordingly.
The board adjourned the canvass and returned the certified results to the county commission for further business.
Ending: The board certified the results of the Nov. 4, 2025, election after voting on grouped provisional and challenged ballots and completing required hand tallies and a post-election audit. The clerk will submit certified results to the Secretary of State.
