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Votes
canvassed; results confirmed
The results of only one race changed after Friday’s canvassing
of votes by the Osage County Commission.
Following the counting of provisional votes, the race for Superior
Township trustee ended in a tie between Ken Lippert and Dale Stromgren;
each had 46 votes. Although the winner could have been decided by
drawing a name from a hat or flipping a coin, one candidate made
the decision easy. According to the Osage County Clerk’s office,
after the candidates were notified, Stromgren decided to decline
the position, leaving Lippert as the winner.
Osage County’s ballot counting lasted into the early morning
hours of Aug. 6 due to malfunctioning electronic ballot counting
machines, which required a portion of the votes to be counted by
hand. Election workers reported they finished counting by 1:30 a.m.
“We got it done and we got it right,” said Osage County
Clerk Rhonda Beets early that morning.
In all the other races, the winners of the Aug. 5 primary election
remained as reported in last week’s Herald-Chronicle. |
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