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Elections official reports 32,321 voters, 54.31% turnout; five-ballot discrepancy noted
Summary
Elections staff told the Potter County canvass that the county saw 32,321 voters (54.31% turnout), was roughly 1,700 votes short of 2020, and recorded a five-ballot discrepancy the office attributed to voters leaving with ballots; no machine complaints were reported.
Chrissy presented the cumulative and canvas reports to the meeting, describing the canvas as a precinct-by-precinct breakdown and reporting 32,321 voters and a 54.31% turnout.
Chrissy said the total fell short of 2020 by about 1,700 votes and noted that 2020 included three weeks of early voting and higher early-voting totals. She told the group the office would post an official post-election report (which staff completed after the ballot board met) and that the report showed a discrepancy of five ballots. "we were, had a discrepancy of 5, and we attribute that to people walking off with that ballot," she said. Chrissy also said there were a couple of minor incidents at polling sites handled by peace officers, and that no complaints about voting machines were reported.
The transcript records the numbers and staff's attribution for the five missing ballots but contains no detailed follow-up or investigative steps discussed at the meeting. The chair and other members asked clarifying questions about turnout and incidents; no one contested the figures in the record.
