The results are in, and Seward County voters have advanced candidates to the General Election ballot in November.
In the May 10 primary, voters cast a total of 4,580 ballots, with 462 of those from early voting and 24 provisional ballots.
Voter turnout was at 43%, fairly high for a primary election, Election Commissioner Sherry Schweitzer said.
Official results were announced May 12, with slightly lower numbers than what were initially reported the night of the election.
“While canvassing the results, it was discovered that there was a human error in the preliminary numbers reported on election night, which has been corrected,” Schweitzer said. “Although the number of votes cast did change, the outcomes did not.”
Canvassing means double checking the results. Schweitzer said they make sure the number of voters who arrived at the polls matched the number of ballots received, and they check provisional ballots to make sure ballots were cast in the correct precinct and not in multiple precincts by the same person.
During the process, Schweitzer found that one set of ballots accidentally had been counted twice.
Schweitzer said her office received several questions about school board races not being on the ballot.
In order for school boards to be part of the primary, the number of candidates for a race must be double the number of seats available plus one.
None of the local school board races have that many candidates, so all will advance to the General Election.
