Approximately 46% of registered voters in Geary County participated in the Tuesday, November 8th elections.

Geary County Clerk Rebecca Bossemeyer said the day wasn’t without it’s challenges.

“People have been working very hard for weeks to make sure that things could go as smoothly as possible; I appreciate all the voters and their patience, because there were people that had to stand in line for a while,” said Bossemeyer.

The biggest delay of the day, however, occurred after the polls closed.

“We have a piece of equipment that reads flashcards, and it just wasn’t working; that is the only way that we can read the results from our advanced votes, in person on the Ivotronic,” said Bossemeyer.

The technical difficulty delayed Geary County voter results for nearly two hours.

“It was just a lot of trying to work with that piece of equipment to get it to work,” said Bossemeyer.  Election officials were able to find a newer model and get it to work, but that too, did not come easy.

“I didn’t withhold anything, I was just busy trying to get it to work, we were on the phone with our software company in Omaha and we were just trying a variety of things…it was just a process and I truly had no idea that that much time had gone by,” said Bossemeyer.

Election results in Geary County were nearly finalized just after 11:00 pm.  Yet to be added to the totals are 72 federal service ballots; additionally, there are 663 provisional ballots – unofficially, 140 of those may be in District 2.

Final voter totals can be viewed here.