The Leelanau County Board of Canvassers certified the Nov. 5 general election results Saturday afternoon. The Statement of Votes Cast sent to Lansing differed from the unofficial results reported the morning after Election Day, with many more votes included.
The data from an Oct. 17 test was not deleted from a tabulator due to an oversight, causing more than 3,100 actual votes to initially go unreported. Canvassers caught this error Nov. 8 and added the missing votes, which were recorded separately, County Clerk Michelle Crocker said.
Adding these 3,156 votes changed the outcomes of many races. These include the county commissioners for districts No. 2, 3, and 5; the drain commissioner; three township trustees; and a Glen Lake school board member.
