Prairie County canvassers accept results after correcting one-vote tally error

The Prairie County board of county canvassers voted to accept the county canvas after noting an audit discrepancy and correcting a one-vote error in a judicial race.

During the canvass, staff flagged a mismatch between the tally sheet and the canvas for a candidate identified as Wilson. Speaker 1 told the board they had found the discrepancy and would reprint corrected sheets; Speaker 3 then moved to accept the canvas "with the correction on Wilson from 52 to 51," and Speaker 5 seconded the motion. Chair (Speaker 2) called for a voice vote; members answered "aye" and the motion passed.

The board recorded the discrepancy on the paper tally and directed staff to reprint the corrected canvas report to send to the secretary of state. Speaker 1 said the audit finding would be noted and that the office would provide additional training to avoid future reconciliation errors. The record shows the board made an explicit notation in the tally books and completed the required signatures and security'seal checks before finalizing the canvas.

The action was procedural: canvassers certified the county'level results as reported after documenting the audit'found discrepancy and applying the agreed correction. No recount was ordered because staff advised the board the one'vote change would not alter the outcome of the race, but the board contacted the secretary of state's office for guidance and documented the decision in the minutes.

The canvass acceptance concludes the county'level certification step; staff will file the corrected canvas report with the secretary of state and preserve the annotated tally book as the official record.