November 5, 2019 City-School Election
Guide to Election Returns
On Tuesday,
November 5, the Johnson County Auditor’s Office will report turnout statistics
throughout the day. Following the close of the polls at 8 p.m., we will
post election returns.
Links to returns and turnout will be
placed directly on our home page www.jcauditor.com.
Since this is the first election of this type, many
details of the election returns process have changed.
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for fast and frequent updates through the day and on election night.
Turnout Updates
Precincts will report turnout at 9
a.m., 11 a.m., 3 p.m. and 6 p.m. Turnout by precinct (Registration totals final, through November 2)
Precincts
With the change in state law combining city and
school elections, there are no longer separate school precincts. Most voters
will vote at their regular general election precincts. A few precincts will be
combined:
- Big Grove and Cedar
- Coralville 1 and 4
- Iowa City 6 and 16
- Hills and Liberty-Pleasant Valley
- Graham and Newport
- North Liberty 1 and 5
Separate results will not be available for these
combined precincts.
Number of Precincts Reporting
Our office will report results from 52 precincts. 51 of
these will be election day precincts (the 57 regular precincts, minus the six
combined precincts listed above). The 52nd precinct is absentee voting, which
will be counted separately. There are no county-wide contests in this election.
Number of precincts by city (all
include absentee as one precinct):
Number of precincts by school district:
(all include absentee as one precinct)
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Iowa City: 45
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Clear Creek Amana: 10
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Solon: 5
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Lone Tree, College Community,
Mid-Prairie, West Branch, Williamsburg: 4
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West Liberty: 3
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Highland, Lisbon, Mt. Vernon: 2
In all school districts with director
districts, all voters in the whole school district may vote on all contests.
Number of precincts by community
college director district: (all include absentee as one precinct)
Voters only vote for one community
college director, for the district where they live. Since directors are
elected by district to four year staggered terms, some precincts will not
have this contest on their ballots.
Because director district lines do not
follow regular precinct lines, some precincts will report results for more
than one community college director district.
Possibility of Zero Results
It is likely that there will be precincts within a
school district, or even entire school districts, listed as reporting and
showing zero for results.
School districts do not follow the same boundaries as
counties, cities, townships and precincts. Most rural precincts, and some city precincts,
are in more than one school district.
All results from an election day precinct will be
reported at once. For example, we will get the Union Township/Iowa City School
District results and
the Union Township/Clear Creek Amana results at the same time. Once the results
are received, that precinct is listed as "reporting" for each city and school
district within the precinct.
Some precincts include only very small parts of a given
school district, and some school districts include only a very small part of
Johnson County. Two school district-precinct combinations currently have
zero registered voters, and another five have less than ten registered voters.
There are only four Mt. Vernon school district voters in all of Johnson County.
If none of these people vote, the precinct will be listed as reporting and the
total will be zero.
Returns
We will post a summary of grand totals in all
contests, and another page with results by precinct for
all contests.
Samples with zero totals
To be sure to get the latest results on Election Night, reload the
page.
When will results be available?
We plan to post early voting results
promptly at 8 p.m. After 8 p.m. we will update returns as quickly as they
are delivered from the 51 polling places. (No, we're not saying an exact time.)
Results will be reported by modem. Note that voters in line at 8 p.m. are allowed to vote,
and results cannot be sent until the last voter is finished.
Our office will only have results from Johnson County.
The Iowa City school district, and all cities except West Branch, are entirely
within Johnson County. All other school districts include voters in other
counties. For additional results, contact other counties or the Secretary of
State.
E-mailed Results
We will email results to our regular list of news media contacts and to the addresses provided
by candidates when filing. Please contact our
office with any changes, additions or corrections to addresses. Format
and layout will be the same as the returns page on the web site. If your news
organization requires a hard copy fax, please contact our office.
Write-In Results
The only contest with more offices available than candidates on the ballot is
for a full term on the Williamsburg school board. Two seats are open but only
one candidate filed, so at least one winner will be determined by write-ins.
Scattered write-in
votes not determining the outcome of a contest will be reviewed in the days
following the election. In the event a write-in candidate earns more than
5 percent of the vote, that person will be included in the final canvass of
votes and listed on the web site.
When are the results final?
Once the poll workers have returned
their supplies to our office, our staff will review the printouts from the
voting machines and make any corrections. Once all corrections are made,
results will include the heading "Final Election Night
Results." These will be the last returns posted on November 5.
Vote totals may change in the days
following the election if provisional ballots and late arriving absentee
ballots with timely postmarks are counted.
All election results are unofficial
until the canvass of votes. With the new election process, most school
districts will require two canvasses.
The first canvass will be conducted by the Johnson County Board of
Supervisors on Tuesday, November 12, and will certify all votes cast in Johnson
County. This will make results final for cities and school districts located
entirely in Johnson County (the Iowa City school district and all cities except
West Branch). Other counties will certify their own votes on November 12 and
report results as needed to neighboring counties.
The second canvass will be on Tuesday, November
19. The Johnson County Board of Supervisors will certify the Iowa County results
for Clear Creek Amana, the Linn County results for the Solon school district,
and the Louisa county results for the Lone Tree school district, and at that
point those results will be final. Neighboring counties will certify the
Johnson County results for eight school districts and for the Johnson County
part of the city of West Branch.
Following the canvass, results will include the
heading "Official Canvassed Results." These results will remain
on our site permanently as a historic record. Past election returns