A number of school board seats have been filled by winning write in candidates, but those challenging candidates on the ballot for Kinmundy Mayor and Kinmundy Township Highway Commissioner were unsuccessful.
Clerk Steve Fox has now released the write in vote totals from Tuesday’s election.
He reports Gary Lane tabulated 44 votes in his write in campaign against Kinmundy Mayor Angie Diss who won the position with 143 votes.
Clayton Keen gathered 33 votes in his attempt to beat Stephen Robb who finished with 211 votes.
There was a contested write in race for an open seat on the Iuka School Board. Elizabeth Heistand was the winner with 21 write in votes. Chad Eagan received six and Joshua Harris received no votes.
All three write in candidates running for Patoka School Board will be seated on the board since there were only four candidates on the ballot to fill the seven openings. Those elected on write in votes were Lucas Barnes, with 53 voted, Bill Griffin with 20 votes and Jenny Griffin with 12 votes. All seven seats were open because at the last election Patoka School District residents did away with electing candidates from specific townships.
Jered Gambill received nine write in votes for an open seat on the Sandoval School Board.
Danny Schuler will fill one of three open seats on the Selmaville School Board after receiving 15 write in votes.
Fox notes the vote tallies are lower in some cases than the number of write in votes cast because they were for other than registered write in vote candidates. Evan Donald Duck and Mickey Mouse received write in votes.
