Election Finalized

Last Thursday the Fayette County Commissioners Court received a post-election report on the primary runoffs from Fayette County Elections Administrator Donna Macik.

Macik presented the court with official vote totals that changed slightly from the unofficial results released on election night. In the County Judge race, the official count changed by one vote but the outcome remained the same.

Macik said three additional Republican mail-in ballots were counted after polls closed. Those ballots had technical mistakes, such as a missing signature or incorrect drivers license number. Those voters had six days after election day to correct their ballots. In the County Judge race, two of those votes went to Josh Vandever and one went to Josh Homan. That changed the count to 2,299 for Homan versus 2,286 for Vandever.

That means Homan won by an even narrower margin than the unofficial count on election night – 13 votes.

“I’ve been involved in County politics for almost 50 years, and this was definitely the closest race ever,” said County Judge Dan Mueller.

“For several days, up until this past weekend even, people were asking me, ‘Do you think there was a mistake?’” Mueller added. “And I always, without hesitation, said, ‘No, because if there’s anybody that I know that’s not going to be making a mistake it’s Donna Macik.’” Pct. 4 Commissioner Drew Brossmann asked Macik how she responds to people who question the legitimacy of elections.

“The big thing I always