WINNSBORO – At 10 a.m. Friday morning, the Fairfield County Election Commission reviewed 24 provisional ballots and one fail safe ballot (that were cast on election day) to determine their validity. The result of that review and determination failed to change the results of Tuesday’s election.
Don Goldbach, who had a 10-vote lead over Ann Corrao in the race on Election Day for Dist. 2 county council seat, gained one provisional vote, and Carrao gained two, solidifying Goldbach’s win with 617 votes to best Corrao’s final vote count of 608.
Goldbach told The Voice that he received a phone call from Dist. 2 County Councilwoman Shirley Greene after the election offering any help he might need to help acclimate into her council seat.
“She was very gracious in her offer, and I plan to take her up on that. I thanked her for her service this past four years and look forward to talking to her in depth about the county’s business,” Goldbach said.
In Dist. 4, top vote earner Carl Bell, maintained his win over incumbent Tim Rosborough. Bell gained one provisional vote while Roseborough gained two. The final vote count was 670 for Bell and 494 for Roseborough.
In Dist. 6, Oren Gadson, with one provisional vote to bring his total votes to 459, bested Sarah Bryant who received two provisional votes for a total of 433.
Stubbs wins Dist. 17
In the Dist. 17 senate race, Winnsboro Attorney Everett Stubbs bested incumbent Mike Fanning on Election Day with Stubbs earning 27,914 votes to Fanning’s 27,882. Late in the afternoon on Friday, after more than 100 provisional votes (cast on Election Day) were counted and verified as to their validity in the four counties represented by Dist. 17 – Fairfield, Chester, Lancaster, and York.
Stubbs maintained his win after that verification review with 27 provisional votes added from York County, 12 from Fairfield County, 1 from Chester County, and 6 from Lancaster County, for a total of 27,960 votes. Fanning added 49 provisional votes for a total of 27,931 votes.
According to Stubbs, Senator Mike Fanning called him following the election to extend congratulations on his win. Fanning submitted in writing a waiver of a recount, saving the election commissions in all four counties a lot of time and money to count almost 60,000 votes.
“I called him back to say I appreciated his call, the way he did this and for his service to the citizens in Dist. 17 for the last 8 years,” Stubbs said.