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Crawford County canvassers accept provisional ballots and approve final Frontenac sales-tax election results
Summary
The Crawford County Board of Canvassers accepted the County Election Officer’s recommendations on challenged and provisional ballots and approved the final results report for the March 3, 2026 Frontenac Sales Tax Special Election; the board then adjourned.
The Crawford County Board of Canvassers met at 10:00 a.m. on March 10, 2026, and accepted the County Election Officer’s recommendations on challenged and provisional ballots before approving the final results report for the Frontenac Sales Tax Special Election held March 3, 2026.
County Clerk and Chief Election Officer Lisa Lusker presented the challenged and provisional ballots and recommended that two advance ballots returned undeliverable not be counted and that two provisional ballots from voters who reported in-county address changes be counted; she also presented a provisional ballot reconciliation. Commissioner Bruce Blair moved to “Accept the Recommendations of the County Election Officer for the Acceptance and Rejection of Provisional Ballots from the 2026 Frontenac Sales Tax Special Election held March 3, 2026 in Crawford County.” Commissioner Carl Wood seconded. The motion (26-119) prevailed with the recorded yeas listed as Commissioners Blair and Wood and Counselor Emerson; no nays were recorded.
Election Director Gene Rountree-Garcia tabulated the ballots the board had approved for counting and presented the results for inclusion in the final report. The board reviewed zero tapes from the DS200 voting machines and the post-run results tape, and the final results report generated in ElectionWare was presented to the board.
On a subsequent motion by Commissioner Blair, seconded by Commissioner Wood, the board voted to accept the Final Results Report for the Frontenac Sales Tax Special Election (motion 26-120); the recorded yeas again listed Commissioners Blair and Wood and Counselor Emerson and no nays were recorded. Commissioner Blair then moved to adjourn; the motion to adjourn was seconded by Commissioner Moody, and the meeting ended at 10:10 a.m.
The minutes record discussion between the County Clerk and the commission about voter turnout and the cost of the special election, but the minutes do not provide turnout figures or cost amounts. The official minutes state the acceptance of provisional ballots and approval of the final results; the minutes did not include vote tallies or the numeric results of the special-election count in the text provided here. The minutes were signed and submitted by County Clerk and Chief Election Officer Lisa Lusker from the Crawford County Courthouse in Girard. The submitted minutes include a clerical note referencing a taken/amended date of 3/12/25 that appears inconsistent with the March 10, 2026 meeting date.
