Update to an earlier report: This article includes new information about a story we previously covered. Read our earlier report.
Bulloch County’s elections board certified local results from the Nov. 3 state and county general election and Statesboro’s city special election on Monday, Nov. 9. The board accepted 22 provisional ballots and rejected 13.
Fifteen of the accepted ballots came from in-county voters who voted outside their assigned precinct after 5 p.m. on Election Day. Chair William Daughtry and Theresa Jackson, the two participating board members, voted 2-0 on the provisional-ballot and certification actions. Jim Benton arrived late.
Bulloch County vote totals
In the county’s U.S. Senate tally, Republican Mike Collins received 13,567 votes (54.64%) and incumbent Democrat Jon Ossoff received 11,070 (44.59%). For governor, Republican nominee Rick Jackson received 14,652 votes (59.49%), while Democratic nominee Keisha Lance Bottoms received 9,975 (40.5%).
In Statesboro’s special election for the vacant City Council District 2 seat, Loletta Donaldson-Elliott received 1,058 votes. Maleek Jones received 293, and Kathleen A. Keehner received 282.
Yolonda Harris
News Now Georgia
