January 19, 2010 Special 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., 3 p.m. and 8 p.m.  Precinct by precinct turnout will be posted at these times. Sample

Returns

We will post precinct results for the supervisor contest. Sample file with zero results

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When will results be available?

Early voting results will be posted promptly at 9 p.m.  After 9 p.m. we will update returns as quickly as they are reported in from the polling places.

Results on Cable TV

Results will be available on Iowa City Cable TV beginning at 9 p.m.  We will post a list of precincts reporting and the grand total in the one contest.

View Results at Auditor's Office

Results will be displayed for the public at the County Administration Building, 913 S. Dubuque St., beginning at 9 p.m.  Visitors will see the same display as cable viewers.

Faxed Results

We will be faxing the by-precinct results to our regular list of news media contacts.  Please contact our office with any changes or corrections to fax numbers.

Number of Precincts

We will report results for 58 precincts: the 57 polling places and the early vote. Absentee results will not be broken out by precinct.

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 January 19.

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

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 5 percent of the vote, that person will be included in the final canvass of votes and listed on the web site.

All election results are unofficial until the official canvass of votes, conducted by the Johnson County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday, January 26 at 2 p.m. (room 203 B/C of the Health and Human Services Building, 855 S. Dubuque St.).  Following the canvass, results will include the heading "Official Canvassed Results."  These results will remain on our site permanently as a historic record.  Past election returns