The Vanderburgh County Election Board met last Friday 11/15/19) and certified the results of the 2019 Evansville Municipal Election. The final count increased by 109 votes to a final tally of 16,147. The increase was due mainly to an error discovered on one voting machine.
Although the discovery of the extra ballots did not change the ultimate outcome of the election, two races drew closer.
In Ward 2, Natalie Rascher trails by 19 votes.
In Ward 3 Steve Melcher is down by 56 votes.
Candidates have until November 19 (today) to request a recount. VCRP Chairman Wayne Parke has until Friday, November 22, to take action on a recount.
During the Election Board meeting, Chairman Parke requested that the Election Board investigate a non-partisan effort to improve voter participation in the election process. Voter participation for the 2019 Municipal Election of 16,147 was down by almost 4000 votes when compared to the 2015 Municipal Election total of 20,090.
Learn more about the final vote count from local media coverage:
NOVEMBER 5, 2019
VOTES PERCENT
VOTER TURNOUT – TOTAL . . . . . .    20.08
INDEPENDENT (IND). . . . . . . .   607 7.87
STEVE ARY (IND) . . . . . . . .       2,133 14.60
LAURA BROWN WINDHORST (DEM) . . . . 11,121 (100.00)
JONATHAN WEAVER (DEM) . . . . . .       7,093 (18.08)
BEN TROCKMAN (DEM) . . . . . . .   1,802 (52.80)
MISSY MOSBY (DEM). . . . . . . .   1,317 (50.36)
ZACHARY HERONEMUS (DEM). . . . . . 1,099 (51.31)
JNNIFER YASER (DEM). . . . . . . 1,272 (42.44)