Or, some folks filled out the form wrong such as circling their choice instead of filling in the oval. Perhaps the side or bottom of the ballot had a tear so that it couldn’t feed into the machine properly. Still, because of the issue, the State Board of Elections called for recall, which covered the entire county, not just the districts that had machine malfunctions.ĭuring the recount, officials found 10 ballots that could not be tabulated by machine because of an issue.Īsked what kind of issue, Huff said these could vary. After the polls closed, she said a bipartisan team of precinct officials fed the hand-marked ballots through the new tabulators to come up with the final results. Those ballots were not removed from the secure bins until Tuesday night. The ballots that the tabulators couldn’t read were stored in secure emergency bins on site while new, properly functioning tabulators were delivered to the locations around midday. The outside vendor who manufactured the devices had a coding issue where five of the electronic tabulators would not read one of the ballots. There were three separate Republican ballots for various primaries around the county, and one each for the Democratic, Constitution, Green and Libertarian parties. Huff explained at the time that there were seven different ballot styles people could use in the primary, based on the contested races available in each area of the county, as well as political party affiliation. Last Thursday, two days after the primary, Michella Huff, director of the Surry County Board of Elections, announced that there would be a discretionary recount because of a temporary problem with five of the ballot tabulator machines purchased by the county in the past year. In the March 3 primary, Surry County voters cast 12,393 ballots, and the county Board of Elections believed there to be 12,382 ballots, with another 10 to be counted in a supplemental meeting, to make 12,392. – Joshua Watson and Mayghan Watson to Keith Cain tract one 4 acre and tract two, $360ĭOBSON - After a complete recount of last week’s primary ballots, Surry County found exactly one more paper than what it expected to find. Johnson to Amelia Farms LLC 47.109 acre PB 37 72 Mount Airy. – Eddie Johnson, Grady Edward Johnson, and Carol S. Badgett lots 20 23 and 24 section 1 Forest Knoll Development PB 6 168 and 168A Stewarts Creek. Martin to Kenneth Dean Badgett and April G. Ausborn to Lisa Urmston Perry lots 38-41 L P Wrenn Property section A PB 3 62 Mount Airy. Lent portion of lot 10 and lot 11 block B Greenwoods subdivision Elkin. – William Austin Beshears and Taylor Alexandria Beshears to Victoria P. Montgomery 2.703 acre tract 3 Tanner Cove subdivision PB 14 143 Eldora. – Walter Wright Triplette to Clyde Robert Ferguson and Karen Beth Ferguson tract Elkin. Recent real estate transfers recorded in the Surry County Register of Deed’s office include: However a tax stamp at the rate of $2 for every $1,000 in value is affixed to each deed. Burial will be on Monday at Hollywood Memorial Gardens North Cemetery at 11:00 A.M.In recording deeds, the state of North Carolina does not require that the amount paid for a parcel be stated on the deed. Relatives and friends are kindly invited to attend. at Fred Hunters Hollywood Memorial Home, 6301 Taft Street in Hollywood with a funeral service beginning at 6:00 P.M. Visitation on Saturday, July 20th from 4:00 ~ 6:00 P.M. She is also survived by her beloved mother, Madelina Mayorga de Lopez, and six loving siblings, Jose Olinto Guevara Mayorga, Francis and her husband Blas Rosales, Eddie Lopez, Maritza Lopez, Mario Lopez, and Maria Mercedes Lopez, as well as her dear nieces and nephews. She is survived by her beloved husband of 43 years, Francisco Rivas, devoted children, Evelyn Rivas and Josimar Hernandez, Edward Rivas, Abigail and her husband Edwin Sosa, Guisselle Rivas, and Yessica Rivas, four loving grandchildren, Edward Rivas, Jr Ashley Rivas, Eli and Benjamin Sosa. Her greatest accomplishment and love was for her husband and five children. She loved God and her church, where she was a member of Centro Cristiano La Senda Antigua in Opa-locka, Florida. Margarita was raised in Nicaragua and migrated to the United States in 1988. Margarita (Mayorga Guevara) Rivas, 59, of Sunrise, Florida, formerly of Miami Springs and Miramar, went home to be with the Lord on Wednesday, July 17, 2013.īorn in Managua, Nicaragua on April 11, 1954, daughter of Madelina Mayorga and Rogelio Guevara.
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