<body><div><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=2cBDS1_1H4ZIfr800" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=2cBDS1_1H4ZIfr800" width="1620" height="1080" ><figcaption>Copies of the manual audit of the Nov. 3 general election in Jefferson County and the unofficial count from that evening as signed by members of the Jefferson County Election Commission are pictured. (Pine Bluff Commercial/I.C. Murrell)</figcaption></figure>Jefferson County election commissioners on Friday (Nov. 13) certified results of the Nov. 3 general election, which was highlighted by a recount in the sheriff’s race that confirmed the original count.In that race, independent challenger Chris Lowery has officially won by 228 votes, one fewer than the recount confirmed. After adjudicated and overseas ballots were counted, Lowery gained 19 more votes for 8,541, while Democratic Sheriff Lafayette Woods Jr. gained 20 more votes for 8,313.Commissioners voted to approve minutes detailing that the manual audit of the votes were signed on Election Night. That was when each commissioner — Chairman Michael Adam, Sharon Hardin and Carl Watson — signed a copy of the audit, which breaks down the number of ballots cast at each precinct and during Election Day. A vocal vote was taken Nov. 4 when the commission adjudicated the outstanding ballots. An adviser for Woods’ campaign argued before the recount the sheriff had two days to file for a recount from the day the manual audit was approved by vocal vote instead of Election Day.Of the 61 ballots that were deemed outstanding for adjudication, 28 ballots cast on Election Day and 14 absentee ballots were accepted for the final count. Some of the Election Day ballots were provisional, or those that raise questions about each voter’s eligibility to vote, and others were not provisional because they simply weren’t counted in the voting machines, Adam said. Poll workers on Wednesday (Nov. 11) hand-counted 16,815 ballots that were counted either for Lowery or Woods plus those that had undervotes (meaning no candidate in that race was selected) and overvotes (ballots in which more than one candidate was selected).There were officially 17,422 ballots cast in the general election, including 567 undervotes in the sheriff’s race and one overvote. The final, official results of the general election as certified follows:</div></body>

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Jefferson County election commissioners on Friday (Nov. 13) certified results of the Nov. 3 general election, which was highlighted by a recount in the sheriff’s race that confirmed the original count. In that race, independent challenger Chris Lowery has officially won by 228 votes, one fewer than the recount...

Election Commission certifies general election results

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Jefferson County election commissioners on Friday (Nov. 13) certified results of the Nov. 3 general election, which was highlighted by a recount in the she

Election Commission certifies general election results

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