6 The Lovell Chronicle I August 28, 2014
DAVID PECK
Heading into the school on the first day of classes last Thursday at Rocky Mountain Elementary are Zoey
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Turnout for primary set at 65 percent
Emblem, Greybull post top precinct voting percentages
BY NATHAN aSTER
Sixty-five percent of Big
Horn COunty's registered
voters cast ballots in the
Aug. 19 primary election.
While that percentage
tops the statewide turnout
-- set at 46 percent by Sec-
retary of State Max Max-
field -- and the 59 percent
turnout for the 2012 pri-
mary, it lags behind the
last two primaries in which
county department heads
and the state's top five
elected officials appeared
on the ballot.
In 2006, turnout was 71
percent.
In 2010, it Was 72
percent.
The 65-percent turn-
out this year is a reflec-
tion of numbers provided
this week by the Big Horn
County Clerk's Office. The
total does not include new
voters who registered on
Election Day.
Countywide, the 5,548
registered voters cast 3,628
ballots.
The county continues
to see an increase in absen-
tee ballots. Annette Dillon,
the deputy elections clerk,
said the county clerk's of-
fice mailed out 599 absen-
tee ballots and that 559 of
those were returned.
In the 2012 primary,
the one county post that ap-
peared on the ballot was a
single seat on the commis-
sion. This year all the de-
partment heads were up for
re-election. Most ran un-
Votes Registered
Precinct % Cast Voters*
TH S THURSDAY
Burlington
61%
181
296
Emblem 73% 44 60
o
Manderson 60% 104 173
Shell
Cowley
Deaver
70%
62%
53%
199
296
58
284
477
108
BHC 65% 3628 5548
* Does Not Include New Voters Who Registered on Election Day
opposed. In the GaP races
that were contested, Kim
Adams topped incumbent
Michelle Burns for county
attorney, Serena Lipp won
a four-way race for clerk of
the district court and Felix
Carrizales and John Hyde
outpolled Keith Grant to
be the Republican nomi-
nees for two seats on the
commission.
With 73 percent of its
registered voters (44 out
of 60) going to the polls,
Emblem finished with the
highest voter turnout in
last week's primary. Oth-
er precincts that topped the
70-percent mark included
Greybull at 71 percent (811
out of 1138), Shell at 70 per-
cent (199 of 284) and Basin
at 70 percent (572 out of
8O8).
Frannie and Deaver
had the lowest turnouts,
each coming in at 53 per-
cent. In Deaver, 58 of 108
cast ballots. In Frannie it
was 54 out of 101.
Statewide numbers
were lower, according to
a release from the office
of Secretary of State Max
Maxfield.
"Based on unofficial re-
sults from the county clerks,
voef %firnout for the prima-
ry election was 46 percent
of those who are registered
to vote," said Maxfield.
According to State
Election Director Peggy
Nighswonger, that percent-
age is comparable to turn-
out for the primary elec-
tions in 2010 and 2006,
when the five state elected
officials were on the ballot.
Voter turnout in the 2010
primary was 51 percent
and 46 percent in the 2006
primary.
"Turnout is generally
much higher for the gener-
al election," Nighswonger
explained. "So if history re-
peats itself, we'll likely see
a lot more people at the
polls on Nov. 4."
Solid Waste Board member resigns
BY BARBARA ANNE GREENE
Big Horn County Sol-
id Waste Board member
Aaron Kania submitted his
resignation to the board at
their meeting last week.
His last meeting as a
board member will be Sept.
16.
Kania said that he is
very happy about what
the board has been able to
achieve over the last few
years.
"We've made some
strides in responsibly han-
dling the solid waste issues
of the county," he said.
The county commis-
sioners will appoint a re-
placement to finish out the
last two years of Kania's
term.
Kania said the board
meeting last week was fair-
ly short with the majority of
the meeting focusing on the
construction schedule for
the south end transfer sta-
tion. The proposed schedule
was presented to the board
by Howard Johnson of In-
berg-Miller Engineers.
The schedule shows
the project should go to
bid December 2014 or Jan-
uary 2015. The target com-
pletion date is the end of
2015.
OTHER BUSINESS
The financials were
presented by bookkeeper
Cynde Braten. The total re-
serves/other cash accounts
total $15,13,519.57. The net
income for July of 2014 was
$45,226.65.
The board went into
an executive session to dis-
cuss a personnel matter.
Upon returning to the regu-
lar meeting the matter was
tabled until the employ-
ee could be present for the
discussion.
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September 2
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