Officials read absentee ballot totals for Dubuque Community School special election

County election staff read special-election absentee ballots into the record and listed the absentee candidate and measure totals. A staff member read: "Special election absentee ballots, Dubuque School Director At Large, Jim Prochaska, 393, Jim Hoskins, 296, Jimmy Fallon, 229, write in 4." The same passage included the absentee measure counts read as yes 613, no 327, with 24 noted "under veil" in the transcript as recorded.

The absentee totals were read separately from the precinct-by-precinct counts and will be combined in the official canvass process. The transcript contains some garbled names and spacing (for example one absentee line reads a name as "Jimmy Fallon"), so officials and the public should consult the county’s official canvass documents for verified aggregates and candidate vote totals.