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No matter how technologically advanced human civilization becomes, SNAFU will always be with us. This is why smartphones come with a built-in face-palm emoji.
Ben Botkin reports that some of the machinery Lane County election workers use to process ballots broke down today, according to County Clerk Tommy Gong.
That has delayed the release of updated vote counts, which had been planned for this afternoon. We will likely see an update tomorrow, Gong said.
A few races are still close enough that the winner is not certain, such as the East Lane county commissioner contest, where Heather Buch leads Jake Pelroy by less than 700 votes.
You can browse the local vote counts so far here.
In other news today:
- A woman who saw two people shot and killed at Prindel Creek Farm in December 2024 took the stand Tuesday in the murder trial of Everett Scott Fuller. Jaime Adame reports on her testimony from the Lane County Courthouse.
- Lillian Schrock-Clevenger, meanwhile, was in Springfield Municipal Court today, where University of Oregon football player Evan Stewart pleaded no contest to DUII and entered a diversion program. He was stopped by police and arrested in the early morning of Oct. 18.
- Rodney Daniel Trotter IV, 36, pleaded guilty and was sentenced to two years in prison for setting fire to his mother’s tent and igniting what became an 80-acre wildfire south of Oakridge this summer.
- Eugene’s new city manager Jenny Haruyama and outgoing (in about a year) Lane County Administrator Steve Mokrohisky will be featured at the City Club of Eugene forum this Friday.
Who’s in our Community Voices section today?
- Former teacher Mikell Harshbarger of Eugene says the decadeslong movement toward what he describes as “administrator-centered,” test-driven education has failed. Declining student enrollment is one of the consequences.
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Lane County ballot processing snag delays updated results
By Ben Botkin
Lane County elections officials are working to fix an equipment malfunction that is delaying the next release of updated returns.
UO football player enters diversion program after DUII arrest
By Lillian Schrock-Clevenger
Evan Stewart entered a no-contest plea on a charge of driving under the influence of intoxicants. The charge will be dismissed if he completes a year-long diversion program.
Enjoy your evening,
Bob
