A long day for candidates turned into an even longer night when computer issues delayed the returns on Thursday. Early voting numbers were released before 7:30pm and the next set of returns by 8:30pm. A little while later, Coffee County Election Commission personnel announced that there was an issue with the Ada Wright Center box in Manchester. After a long period of time, totals were released, but WMSR News discovered the totals did not add up correctly after being perfect until that point. Election personnel confirmed they needed to re-check the totals. At 1am totals were still not available when WMSR News decided to call it a night.
At 8:00, Friday morning, WMSR received the updated vote total. While the vote totals are different, none of the updated figures impacted the results previously reported. The winners in the Manchester Alderman’s race will be Ryan French, Chris Elam, and Bob Bellamy. For Mayor Lonnie Norman defeated Steven Jones and James Threet. For Manchester School Board Mike Lewis and Susan Parsley were re-elected.
In other local elections where there were no questions, Shannon Duncan will return to her seat on the Coffee County School Board, and Judd Matheny with numbers from Coffee and Warren counties was re-elected as 47th District State Representative.
Click the link below to see all updated voting results. Remember these numbers should be considered unofficial until the election results are certified on Monday.
Major Computer Problems during Election Returns – UPDATED
