The mystery surrounding a handful of city and school board races will not be resolved for a while.
A lack of candidates in some races, such as for the Ward 2 Iola City Council seat and for Moran mayor, means write-in votes will determine who gets those respective positions.
Tonights vote tabulations at the Allen County clerks office will determine only the total number of write-in votes; not whose names were written, County Clerk Sherrie Riebel explained.
The write-in recipients will not be announced until the vote is canvassed and certified by Allen County commissioners. And that wont happen until Nov. 18 one week later than normal because of a schedule conflict next week for the county commissioners.
Any highly competitive races may not be decided until Nov. 18, either, Riebel noted, if theyre close enough that provisional votes become a factor.
A provisional vote is when a voters name and address do not match the information on the countys official voter rolls.
In canvassing the vote, county commissioners will examine each provisional vote to determine if the voter was properly registered on Election Day.
Polls will remain open today until 7 p.m.
