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Primary Election Official Results OFFICIAL REPORT OF THE BOARD OF STATE CANVASSERS OF THE STATE OF NEBRASKA PRIMARY ELECTION MAY 13, 2014 Compiled by JOHN A. GALE, Nebraska Secretary of State Page 2 Reported Problems York County/Upper Big Blue NRD Subdistrict 4 The Upper Big Blue NRD utilizes an election process where candidates file for office by Subdistrict (based on their residence), but the voters in the NRD vote on all subdistricts (at large). Due to a misreading of the certification from the NRD, the York County Clerk only put the race on ballots in the precincts in Subdistrict 4. The error was discovered midmorning on the day of election and ballots containing the Subdistrict 4 candidates were delivered to the polling sites in an attempt to mitigate the error. However, even with the corrective action, 1,056 York County voters did not receive the Subdistrict 4 ballot. The results of the election indicate that Stan Boehr received 3422 votes, Eugene Ulmer received 2870 votes and Becky Roesler received 2852 votes. With the margin between Mr. Ulmer and Ms. Roesler at 18 votes, the error impacted the outcome of the election. During the automatic recount of the race, it was discovered that the supplemental ballots delivered to the polling sites were not initialed by pollworkers as required by statute and were not counted during the recount process. Following the recount, the results indicate that Mr. Boehr received 3,004 votes, Ms. Roesler received 2,563 votes and Mr. Ulmer received 2,539 votes. Page 3 Official Results of Nebraska Primary Election May 13, 2014 Table of Contents VOTING STATISTICS.......................................................................................................................................................... 4 NUMBER OF REGISTERED VOTERS ........................................................................................................................................... 4 TOTAL VOTING BY PARTY....................................................................................................................................................... 6 TOTAL VOTING BY METHOD ................................................................................................................................................... 8 MEMBER OF THE UNITED STATES SENATE ........................................................................................................ 10 MEMBER OF THE U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES .................................................................................. 14 STATE CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICES ......................................................................................................................... 19 GOVERNOR ............................................................................................................................................................................ 19 SECRETARY OF STATE ........................................................................................................................................................... 23 STATE TREASURER ................................................................................................................................................................ 25 ATTORNEY GENERAL ............................................................................................................................................................ 28 AUDITOR OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS ............................................................................................................................................ 31 PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSIONER .......................................................................................................................... 33 MEMBER OF THE LEGISLATURE .............................................................................................................................. 34 MEMBER OF THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION ............................................................................................ 38 MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA ................................... 39 COMMUNITY COLLEGES ............................................................................................................................................... 40 MEMBER OF BOARD OF GOVERNORS CENTRAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE ................................................................................ 40 MEMBER OF BOARD OF GOVERNORS METROPOLITAN COMMUNITY COLLEGE ...................................................................... 40 MEMBER OF BOARD OF GOVERNORS MID-PLAINS COMMUNITY COLLEGE ........................................................................... 41 MEMBER OF BOARD OF GOVERNORS NORTHEAST COMMUNITY COLLEGE ............................................................................ 41 MEMBER OF BOARD OF GOVERNORS SOUTHEAST COMMUNITY COLLEGE ............................................................................ 42 MEMBER OF BOARD OF GOVERNORS WESTERN COMMUNITY COLLEGE ............................................................................... 42 MEMBER OF DOUGLAS-SARPY LEARNING COMMUNITY COORDINATING COUNCIL .................. 43 NATURAL RESOURCES DISTRICTS .......................................................................................................................... 44 DIRECTOR CENTRAL PLATTE NATURAL RESOURCES DISTRICT ............................................................................................. 44 DIRECTOR LEWIS AND CLARK NATURAL RESOURCES DISTRICT ........................................................................................... 44 DIRECTOR LITTLE BLUE NATURAL RESOURCES DISTRICT .................................................................................................... 45 DIRECTOR LOWER BIG BLUE NATURAL RESOURCES DISTRICT ............................................................................................. 45 DIRECTOR LOWER ELKHORN NATURAL RESOURCES DISTRICT ............................................................................................. 46 DIRECTOR LOWER LOUP NATURAL RESOURCES DISTRICT .................................................................................................... 46 DIRECTOR LOWER NIOBRARA NATURAL RESOURCES DISTRICT............................................................................................ 47 DIRECTOR LOWER PLATTE NORTH NATURAL RESOURCES DISTRICT .................................................................................... 47 DIRECTOR LOWER PLATTE SOUTH NATURAL RESOURCES DISTRICT ..................................................................................... 48 DIRECTOR LOWER REPUBLICAN NATURAL RESOURCES DISTRICT ........................................................................................ 49 DIRECTOR MIDDLE NIOBRARA NATURAL RESOURCES DISTRICT .......................................................................................... 49 DIRECTOR MIDDLE REPUBLICAN NATURAL RESOURCES DISTRICT ....................................................................................... 49 DIRECTOR NEMAHA NATURAL RESOURCES DISTRICT ........................................................................................................... 50 DIRECTOR NORTH PLATTE NATURAL RESOURCES DISTRICT ................................................................................................. 50 DIRECTOR PAPIO MISSOURI RIVER NATURAL RESOURCES DISTRICT .................................................................................... 50 DIRECTOR SOUTH PLATTE NATURAL RESOURCES DISTRICT ................................................................................................. 51 DIRECTOR TRI-BASIN NATURAL RESOURCES DISTRICT ........................................................................................................ 51 DIRECTOR TWIN PLATTE NATURAL RESOURCES DISTRICT ................................................................................................... 52 DIRECTOR UPPER BIG BLUE NATURAL RESOURCES DISTRICT .............................................................................................. 52 DIRECTOR UPPER ELKHORN NATURAL RESOURCES DISTRICT .............................................................................................. 53 DIRECTOR UPPER LOUP NATURAL RESOURCES DISTRICT ..................................................................................................... 53 DIRECTOR UPPER NIOBRARA WHITE NATURAL RESOURCES DISTRICT ................................................................................. 54 DIRECTOR UPPER REPUBLICAN NATURAL RESOURCES DISTRICT.......................................................................................... 54 PUBLIC POWER DISTRICTS ......................................................................................................................................... 55 DIRECTOR DAWSON PUBLIC POWER DISTRICT ...................................................................................................................... 55 DIRECTOR LOUP RIVER PUBLIC POWER DISTRICT ................................................................................................................. 55 DIRECTOR NEBRASKA PUBLIC POWER DISTRICT ................................................................................................................... 56 DIRECTOR NORRIS PUBLIC POWER DISTRICT ........................................................................................................................ 56 DIRECTOR OMAHA PUBLIC POWER DISTRICT .......................................................................................................................
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