Yesterday we had some election coverage of the write-in candidates on the Washington County ballot.  It was reported that for an alderman position for the Village of DuBois, no one voted for Wallace Waldman for the one vacant spot.  Washington County Clerk & Recorder Nancy Heseman reported yesterday afternoon that Waldman did indeed receive 4 write-in votes and so he has won a spot on that Board.  He only needed 1 vote, but if the votes were done incorrectly, they would not count.  Heseman explains the way write-in voting is to be done, as people don’t like to do the write-in vote, as they are uncomfortable filling it in because they aren’t sure they are doing it correctly and then they are afraid they are going to spoil their entire ballot.  But, Heseman says this would not spoil the ballot.  You have to color in the circle and write the name on the space.  So, if you write the name in, but don’t color in the circle, it doesn’t get counted.  If you color in the circle, but don’t write in the name, it doesn’t get counted.  Therefore, it could show that there were write-ins, but they just weren’t legitimate.  For the Hoyleton Grade School Board of Education, there was a tie for the one position for the unexpired 2-year term with 2 votes each for Charlene Herrmann and Brooke Kehn.  Heseman explains what can be done in this situation.  They can flip a coin or they can ask for a recount.  She did say that there are absentee ballots that have not come back in and 1 provisional ballot that has not been counted yet that is for the Hoyleton district, but the results are not final for another couple of weeks.  Therefore, it might not be a tie by that time.  The votes will not be official until they give enough time for any absentee ballots to come in, as well as canvasing other counties for any overlapping districts to get the correct total votes, after waiting for absentee ballots to come in.