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PARKERSBURG -- The Wood County Board of Education result changed Monday as the Wood County Commission canvassed last week’s election results.
The commission met as the canvassing board Monday to consider provisional ballots and absentee ballots, postmarked by May 10, received by 9:30 a.m. Monday.
Out of 55 provisional ballots considered, 37 were approved to be added to the vote totals. The county also added in 15 absentee ballots that were received on time with the proper postmark.
Following last Tuesday’s unofficial election tallies Jeff Fox was leading Debbie Hendershot 5,158 to 5,155 in one of the seats for the Wood County Board of Education. However, after Monday’s canvassing Hendershot ended up winning by five votes.
Another close election was for the Republican nomination for the 11th District House of Delegates seat. On election night, Bob Fehrenbacher led incumbent Roger Conley 1,146 votes to 1,138. After Monday’s canvass, it was still Fehrenbacher with 1,149 and Conley with 1,139, a difference of 10 votes.
Read the full story in Tuesday’s Parkersburg News and Sentinel.