Vote tied on sales tax to support public safety

As of Tuesday night, voters were exactly split on a half-cent sales tax to support public safety. With all precincts reporting, both yes and no had exactly 1,150 votes. That total included all in-person advanced voting and Election Day voting. Mail-in ballots still have three days to arrive at the elections office if they were postmarked by Election Day. County Clerk Jamie Shew said there are more than 1,700 provisional ballots still to be processed, and the county will accept postmarked mail-in ballots until Friday. 
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