The Sedgwick County Board of Canvassers met Thursday morning, reviewing the election results for the Wichita public school district's $450 million school bond; the meeting was at the county's election office at Central & Main in downtown Wichita.
The canvassers reviewed 670 provisional ballots, approving 535 to be counted and rejecting the other 135. The approved votes survived concerns of residents either voting at the wrong polling place, or someone who'd moved since the last election.
Among the 135 votes not counted, those ballots had may have been from voters not registered to vote in the Wichita school district, ballots postmarked beyond Tuesday, or mismatched signatures.
The canvassers will re-convene at 3:00 p.m. Friday, giving the election office time to tally and approve all the votes for final certification.
As of the most recent count last week, there were 13,928 'no' votes for the bond, and 13,634 'yes' votes, a margin of about 1%.
The school district says it needs the $450 million bond to make the district more efficient; it's a plan that includes closing four elementary schools, and rebuilding seven elementary and middle schools.