When they met Tuesday, Leavenworth County commissioners certified the results from a recent Basehor-Linwood school bond election.
But someone who was connected to the bond issue is asking for a recount.
Commissioners certified the election results while acting as the Board of County Canvassers.
Mail ballots were used in the school bond election. Voters were required to return their ballots by noon Thursday.
The $57.1 million bond issue had been divided into two questions on the ballot. The first question proposed two new elementary schools and other facility improvements totaling $51.6 million.
This proposition was approved with 2,591 “yes” votes and 1,784 “no” votes, County Clerk Janet Klasinski said.
The second question proposed improvements for school athletic facilities totaling $5.5 million.
This question failed with 2,190 “no” votes and 2,187 “yes” votes.
“It was a three-vote difference,” Klasinski said.
(Read more: Leavenworth Times)