September 9, 2003 School Election
Guide to Election Night Returns

Links to returns and turnout will be placed directly on our home page www.jcauditor.com.

Turnout Updates

Precincts report turnout at 9 a.m., 11 a.m., and 3 p.m.  Precinct by precinct turnout will be posted at these times.  Sample page with registration totals and zero turnout

Returns

We will post grand totals for all races, contested and uncontested.  Sample with zero results

We will also post precinct by precinct results for the following contests (samples with zero results):

• Iowa City board members and Solon board members
• Clear Creek Amana levy and Kirkwood levy

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When will results be available?

Early voting results will be posted promptly at 8 p.m.  After 8 p.m. we will enter and update returns as quickly as they are phoned in from the 18 polling places.  Once all precincts have called in, results will be labeled "Preliminary Final Results."

Results on Cable TV

Results will be available on Iowa City Cable TV channel 5 beginning at 8 p.m..  We will post a list of precincts reporting and rotating totals in the following contests:

• Iowa City board members
• Clear Creek Amana levy
• Kirkwood levy
• Solon board members

View Results at Auditor's Office

Results will be displayed for the public at the County Administration Building, 913 S. Dubuque St., beginning at 8 p.m.  Visitors will see the same display as cable viewers.

Number of Precincts

There are 19 precincts in this election.  This includes 18 election day polling places, plus early voting which is counted as a separate precinct.

Number of precincts by district:

• Iowa City School District: 10 precincts (9 polling places plus absentee)
• Clear Creek Amana School District: 7 precincts (6 polling places plus absentee)
• Lone Tree School District:  2 precincts (one polling place plus absentee)
• Solon School District: 3 precincts (2 polling places plus absentee)
• Kirkwood levy: 19 precincts (18 polling places plus absentee)

Results for multi-county districts

All precincts in the Iowa City, Clear Creek Amana, Lone Tree and Solon districts will report their results to the Johnson County Auditor's Office on Election Night.  This includes Clear Creek Amana Precinct 6 which is located in Iowa County.

The College Community School District precinct located in Swisher will report results to the Linn County Auditor's Office.

The Kirkwood levy results are for the Iowa City, Clear Creek Amana, Lone Tree and Solon districts only.  Voters in several counties are participating in this election.  We do not have access to results from other counties on Election Night.  For more information contact the Linn County Auditor's Office (control county for Merged Area 10).

Separate absentee results by school district for the Kirkwood levy are not available.  The absentee total represents all early voters in all four districts.

Clear Creek Amana Write-In Results

The Clear Creek Amana director at large contest will be determined by write-in votes since no candidates filed for the seat.  Write-in votes must be hand-counted by our pollworkers, and initial reports will only list the total number of write-in votes cast.

Once the poll workers have returned their supplies to our office, we will verify and release write-in results for Clear Creek Amana.  The Clear Creek Amana director at large results will not appear on cable TV or the lobby display, but will be posted on the web site.

For other districts, the web site will be updated on election night in the event that a write-in candidate wins more votes than a candidate listed on the ballot.  Scattered write-in votes not determining the outcome of a contest will be reviewed in the days following the election.  In the event a write-in earns more than 2 percent of the vote, that person will be included in the final canvass of votes and listed on the web site.

When are the results final?

Once the poll workers have returned their supplies to our office, our staff will review the printouts from the voting machines and make any corrections.  Once all corrections are made, results will include the heading "Verified Preliminary Final Results."  These will be the last returns posted on September 9th.

Vote totals may change in the days following the election as special ballots and late arriving absentee ballots with timely postmarks are counted.

All election results are unofficial until the official canvass of votes, conducted by the Johnson County Board of Supervisors on Friday, September 12.  Following the canvass, results will include the heading "Final Official Results."  These results will remain on our site permanently as a historic record.  Past election returns