The results of the local election remain unchanged after a relative handful of ballots were added in an updated count Friday, ahead of the official certification of the election scheduled Tuesday, with the defeat of the new City Hall bond measure seemingly assured, as well as the winners of the Assembly and school board races.
The updated count from the Oct. 3 election includes 9,393 ballots representing 33.83% of registered Juneau voters, compared to the 9,238 votes representing 33.27% of voters in last Tuesday’s count. Official voter turnout was just under 32.87% during the 2022 local election.
A ballot proposition for a $27 million bond to fund part of the construction of a new City Hall is losing 4,874 votes to 4,246, with the 628-vote margin a slight reduction from the 647-vote difference on Tuesday.
Areawide Assembly candidates Paul Kelly and Ella Adkinson continue to maintain their leads for the two open seats with 3,380 and 2,931 votes respectively. Nano Brooks remains in third place with 2,815, with the 116-vote gap between him and Adkinson slightly larger than the 103-vote difference on Tuesday.
The candidate who receives the most votes for the Areawide election will take outgoing Assembly member Maria Gladziszewski’s seat for a full three-year term, and the candidate with the second-most votes will finish up resigned member Carole Triem’s seat for two years.
District 1 incumbent Alicia Hughes-Skandijs maintains a solid lead over challenger Joe Geldhof with 5,148 and 3,686 votes, respectively. District 2 incumbent Christine Woll is defeating challenger David Morris 5,558 votes to 3,087.
The leaders for the two open Board of Education seats are David Noon with 5,716 votes and Britteny Cioni-Haywood with 5,361 votes, with Paige Sipniewski trailing behind at 3,043 votes.
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