Tom “Tater” Broksle was bouncing along a potato field in the cab of his tractor in October when he announced the end of his candidacy.
The county’s counter
Election officials ran tests on the DS450 ballot counting machine, which is not connected to the internet and is sealed during counting. Blue ballot boxes will start coming into election HQ in Virginia City after the polls close at 8 p.m., when counting begins.
In initial results, the top three vote getters for the Virginia City Government Study Commission are Abby Thomas, Darrell Schulte and Donald Mefford.
Thomas claimed 117 votes, Schulte 83 votes and Mefford 64 votes, narrowly edging out Mark Jacobs who brought in 61 votes.
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