By BARBARA PROFFITT | November 20, 2024

During the meeting on Monday, Nov. 18, the commissioners recessed the commissioner’s meeting and convened the canvass of the General Election held on Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2024.

With Commissioner Danny McCullough, District 2, absent from the meeting, District 3 Commissioner Jim Johnson suggested appointing Public Works Administrator Shaun West to the third chair of the canvassing board and District 1 Commissioner Jason Hightower agreed. West was asked if he would accept and confirmed he would and a motion was made and carried on a 2-0 vote to appoint West to the canvass board.

County Election Officer David Lamb noted the new rules for write-in votes; however, none of the local races were close enough to win, so write-in votes for local races were counted. He added that there were several township offices with no candidate on the ballot and there were several write-ins still to be looked at. 

Lamb then reported that the county had received the list of audits to complete from the state and had audited the requested elections. Lamb explained that the races to be audited included one federal, U.S. House of Representatives; one state, Kansas Senate District 12; and one local, from a list of possible races with a contest on the ballot and explained that with no contested local race on the ballot, he had selected to audit the first race on the ballot, which was for District 2 commissioner.