How We Count the Votes
How soon are the election results available on election night?
The timeliness of reporting election results in Johnson County, Kansas, is dependent on: (1) number of voters in line when the polls close at 7:00 p.m.; (2) number of voting machines reporting results; (3) number of candidates and contests on the ballot, and; (4) length of driving time for returning the results to the Election Office.
On Election Day, voting machines are located at polling places throughout Johnson County. Each of these machines track results of votes. After the last person in line at 7:00 p.m. has voted, the supervising judge at each of the voting places removes the results card from each machine. The results are returned to the Election Office in Olathe.
At the Election Office, staff receives results and loads them into the central election computer.
The votes on the advance paper ballots are electronically stored using scanning equipment in order to count these paper ballots by city, ward, and precinct.
The results from the advance paper votes are merged with the machine results for unofficial final countywide results by city, ward, and precinct.
The first unofficial partial results summary is usually available by 7:30 p.m. and posted to this website. This summary will include all advance votes. This information will be updated a second time when all voting results have been returned. If tabulation is expected to continue past 10:30 p.m., an interim update will be posted by 10:00 p.m.
The Board of Canvassers meets on Monday morning following the election at 9:00 a.m. at the Election Office, 2101 East Kansas City Road in Olathe. This board determines the validity of any provisional or challenged ballots. Following the processing of the valid ballots, the official vote summary is certified by the Board of Canvassers as the final official election results.
Last Updated: October 30, 2007 3:08 PM
Please send any comments or questions to the developer at election@jocoelection.org or to the Johnson County Election Office, 2101 E. Kansas City Road, Olathe, Kansas 66061. Phone: (913) 782-3441. Fax: (913) 791-1753.
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