Few provisional ballots cast, counted in Wisconsin

Boards of elections across the state are scrambling to finish certifying and counting more than 260,000 provisional and absentee ballots under an expedited timeline set by the Secretary of State Jon Husted.

“Whether it changes the outcome or not, that’s not my big focus, my focus is making sure it’s accurate, ” said, Petrou.

The elections commission is required to certify all election results by December 1.

In a typical year, Leonard said, election boards would have until November 29 to complete their official canvasses, certify results and submit reports to the secretary’s office.

A recent court order led to the DMV-related delay. In 99 percent of the cases, those who case provisional votes are people who move and didn’t report the move to the election board, Inman said.

Board members accepted 301 provisional ballots and rejected 106.

The Miami County Board of Elections met twice this week, tackling provisional ballots and approving the final ballot numbers.

Caudill said the board already reviewed the last 43 absentee ballots and added those to the election results.

Billing also presented 109 provisional ballots which should not be approved. Pat McCrory, R-Charlotte, – who trailed challenger and Attorney General Roy Cooper, D-Rocky Mount, by around 4,000 votes statewide on election night – did pick up 12 votes in Haywood County, outpacing Cooper 42 to 30 in this final round of balloting.

Board members had to re-make seven ballots, including six because of the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act.

The board then rejected another 50 provisional ballots where the voters were not registered in OH and another 93 ballots where the voters had not been registered previously anywhere in the United States. State results may still not be certified until December.

“I view this as a delaying tactic of the McCrory campaign and the GOP, and these folks have a right to know who’s going to be their next Governor, ” said Ellison. McCrory is claiming there is voter fraud.

Chuck Stuber, GOP candidate for state auditor, said he planned to call for a recount in his race against Democratic State Auditor Beth Wood because of questions over vote totals.

Anna officials have five days to request a recount of the results. “We basically re-tabulate everything”. The process of locating that data remains ongoing, the SBOE said Thursday, Nov. 17. “I’m glad that its over, and we can enjoy the Thanksgiving holiday”.

Four of the 25 local propositions could still go either way: Proposition F, reducing the voting age to 16; Proposition H, creating the Office of the Public Advocate; Proposition O, quickening office construction in the city’s Southeast; and Proposition Q, creating new policies for how city staff remove homeless people’s tent encampments.