
The recount election results have been made official and Greene County will have a new county treasurer.
Following the recount results from Tuesday, Republican candidate Katlynn Gannon-Mechaelsen defeated Democrat incumbent Donna Lawson with 2,028 to 2,027 votes. The three-person recount committee of Sean Sebourn, Chris Henning and Tom Yepsen hand counted the 4,050 ballots that were cast in the general election, which took over 11-hours.
The request for a recount was made by Lawson following the canvass of votes by the Greene County Board of Supervisors last week. The canvass showed that Gannon-Mechaelsen won the election by two votes 2,026 to 2,024. The recount committee determined that there were four undervote and one write-in ballots that they had to decide what the voter intent was, which ultimately changed the final vote totals, but not the outcome.
The Board of Supervisors re-canvassed the votes Wednesday morning to make the final total official.
See below for the breakdown of votes per candidate per precinct as well as absentee ballots:
Lawson: Absentee (941); Central Precinct (124), East Precinct (195); Jefferson 1st Precinct (155); Jefferson 2nd Precinct (122); Jefferson 3rd Precinct (188); North Precinct (160); West Precinct (142)
Mechaelsen: Absentee (805); Central Precinct (194); East Precinct (217); Jefferson 1st Precinct (153); Jefferson 2nd Precinct (165); Jefferson 3rd Precinct (174); North Precinct (155); West Precinct (165)

