Sauk County Recount of State Assembly District #47 (Township and Village of Merrimac) from General Election held November 07, 2007
Date of Recount: Tuesday, November 21, 2006 @ 9:00 a.m.
County: Sauk, @
Room #144
Office of the Sauk
County Clerk
505 Broadway
Baraboo, Wisconsin 53913
Office to be Recounted: State Assembly District #47 (Township of Merrimac and Village of Merrimac)
Per State of Wisconsin è 6.221(3)(a), (b),
Absentee ballot from a military elector on active duty who, by reason of that duty, is absent from the residence where the member is otherwise qualified to vote that arrives by mail after the polls close and no later than 5pm on the 10th day after the election, shall be counted if the ballot is postmarked not later than Election Day. Recounts: If the original canvass is subject to the issuance of an amended statement and determination based on returns from late arriving military absentee ballots, the Board of Canvassers shall convene for the recount immediately after the issuance of the amended statement and determination in the original canvass if it is later than later than 9 a.m. On the day following the last day to file a recount petition.
Vote for Straight Party Republican
Amended canvass of November 07, 2007 General Election to include military: (enclosed)
| Candidate | Vote Totals |
|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote Totals |
| Megan Yost (DEM): | 319 |
| Eugene Hahn (REP): | 298 |
| Scattering: | 1 |
Canvass Board Members: Patricia A. Van Oosten, Lead Deputy Sauk County Clerk;Suzanne B. Dohner, Sauk County Canvasser, and Darlene J. Hill, Sauk County Canvasser.
Other Personnel: Shelly A. Hooper, Deputy Sauk County Clerk
Others Present: Todd Farris, Attorney for Assembly Democrats; Andrea Nair, Democratic Party of Wisconsin; Adam Raschka, Republican Gene Hahn; Larry Gavin-Matzect, Scott Suder, Republican Party of Wisconsin; and Bob Meyer, Democratic Party of Wisconsin.
Verification of notification compliance: candidates notified, and public notice given Friday, November 17, 2006
Accu-Vote test completed successfully.
Name of Municipality: TOWNSHIP OF MERRIMAC
Reporting Unit: TOWNSHIP OF MERRIMAC
| Candidate | Vote Totals |
|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote Totals |
| Megan Yost (DEM): | 178 |
| Eugene Hahn (REP): | 170 |
| Scattering: | 1 |
| Candidate | Vote Totals |
|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote Totals |
| Megan Yost (DEM): | 53 |
| Eugene Hahn (REP): | 47 |
| Scattering: | 0 |
Todd Farris, Attorney for Assembly Democrats, objected to over vote of 2 ballots. Scott Suder, Republican Party of Wisconsin, respectfully disagreed with objection.
| Candidate | Vote Totals |
|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote Totals |
| Megan Yost (DEM): | 231 |
| Eugene Hahn (REP): | 217 |
| Scattering: | 1 |
Number of Voters from Registration Lists: 461
Number of Absentee Ballot Applications: 28, (one rejected election night - no signature)
Sauk County Board of Canvassers reviewed absentee ballot applications and absentee ballot certificate envelopes.
Rejected absentee ballot envelope: 1 rejected election night - no signature.
Provisional Ballot envelope: 0
Late Arriving Military Ballot: 1 (counted before recount, and amended original canvass)
Canvass Board Members verified ballot bag was sealed and not tampered with.
Both parties declined to view ballots.
Number of Accu-Vote Ballots, including 27 absentee, counted by Sauk County Board of Canvassers: 357
Number of TSX ballots counted by Sauk County Board of Canvassers: 103
| Candidate | Vote Totals |
|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote Totals |
| Megan Yost (DEM): | 178 |
| Eugene Hahn (REP): | 170 |
| Scattering: | 1 |
| Candidate | Vote Totals |
|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote Totals |
| Megan Yost (DEM): | 55 |
| Eugene Hahn (REP): | 47 |
| Scattering: | 1 |
| Candidate | Vote Totals |
|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote Totals |
| Megan Yost (DEM): | 233 |
| Eugene Hahn (REP): | 217 |
| Scattering: | 2 |
Name of Municipality: VILLAGE OF MERRIMAC
Reporting
Unit: VILLAGE OF MERRIMAC
| Candidate | Vote Totals |
|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote Totals |
| Megan Yost (DEM): | 87 |
| Eugene Hahn (REP): | 75 |
| Scattering: | 0 |
| Candidate | Vote Totals |
|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote Totals |
| Megan Yost (DEM): | 1 |
| Eugene Hahn (REP): | 6 |
| Scattering: | 0 |
| Candidate | Vote Totals |
|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote Totals |
| Megan Yost (DEM): | 88 |
| Eugene Hahn (REP): | 81 |
| Scattering: | 0 |
Number of Voters from Registration Lists: 170
Number of Absentee Ballot Applications: 12
Sauk County Board of Canvassers reviewed absentee ballot applications and absentee ballot certificate envelopes: 2 absentee ballots rejected by Sauk County Board of Canvassers because of no witness signatures.
Rejected Absentee envelope: 0
Provisional Ballot envelope: 0
Canvass Board members verified ballot bag was sealed and not tampered with.
Number of Accu-Vote ballots, including 11 absentee, counted by Sauk County Board of Canvassers: 170
As the Board of Canvassers has previously determined that 2 absentee ballot certificate envelopes were defective, the Board of Canvassers drew at random 2 ballots from the pool of probable absentee ballots, without inspection; and total number of Accu-Vote ballots was reduced to: 168.
Number of TXS ballots counted by Sauk County Board of Canvassers: 7
| Candidate | Vote Totals |
|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote Totals |
| Megan Yost (DEM): | 87 |
| Eugene Hahn (REP): | 73 |
| Scattering: | 0 |
| Candidate | Vote Totals |
|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote Totals |
| Megan Yost (DEM): | 1 |
| Eugene Hahn (REP): | 6 |
| Scattering: | 0 |
| Candidate | Vote Totals |
|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote Totals |
| Megan Yost (DEM): | 88 |
| Eugene Hahn (REP): | 79 |
| Scattering: | 0 |
| Candidate | Vote Totals |
|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote Totals |
| Megan Yost (DEM): | 321 |
| Eugene Hahn (REP): | 296 |
| Scattering: | 2 |
Motion (Hill/Dohner), to adjourn.
Motion carried unanimously.
Sauk County Board of Canvassers adjourned @ 11:45 a.m.
Respectfully: Shelly A. Hooper, Deputy Sauk County Clerk
A copy of minutes from recount sent to:
State Elections Board
17 West Main Street, Suite 310
PO Box 2973
Madison, WI 53701-2973