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Board certifies primary election returns; transcript contains internally inconsistent vote totals
Summary
Sitting as a Board of Canvassers, Black Hawk County supervisors certified the June 2 primary election returns; the transcript records vote-count figures that are internally inconsistent and should be verified with county election officials.
At 9:41 a.m. on June 9 the Black Hawk County Board of Supervisors convened as the Board of Canvassers to canvass and certify the returns of the June 2, 2026 primary election under Iowa law.
A resolution certifying the outcome was adopted with AYES: Tavis Hall, Justin Brandt, Ritch Kurtenbach and Chris Schwartz; Linda Laylin was absent. The board record read several numerical tallies into the record, including figures described in the transcript as: 72,423 people voted at the polls on Election Day; 1,972 absentee ballots were accepted for counting; two provisional ballots were reported in one segment as rejected and not counted and in another segment as accepted for counting; and a line in the transcript lists a total of 14,397 people voting. Those figures are inconsistent as recorded in the transcript.
The Board's formal action was to certify the returns pursuant to Iowa Code; the transcript contains the certification language. Because the transcript as provided contains conflicting numerical statements about provisional ballots and total counts, reporters and the public should rely on the official canvass certificate or contact the County Auditor's office for the authoritative certified numbers.
What comes next: the county will file the certified returns per Iowa Code; any questions about the vote totals should be directed to the County Auditor for clarification.
