Weekly journal-miner., 1918-11-20
OPTICAL. COUNT WOULD INDICATE
 JONES ELECTION
DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE FOR SUPERVISOR GAINS THREE VOTES AND HAS WIPED OUT STUKEY'S MAJORITY OF ONE.
(From Tuesday,s DaiivO

(From Tuesdays DaiiV.)
 The official canvass of the votes cast in the recent general election in Yayapai county was begun yester- day by the board of supervisors sitt- ing as a canvassing board, bu; with two exceptions, the count which had been completed mp to last night, did not show any divergence from the or ieinal and unofficial figures which were made public during the week following the election. The official count from 4 of the @ precincts gave Albert M. Jones, democratic caadidalc fer supervisor, lead of two votes over C. C. Stukey, incum- bent. who had been credited with a majority of one vote over Mr. Jones by the unofficial count. When the rotc from Miller Valley was reported on election night, Jones was given 34 votes. but tine count of yester- day showed that he should have been credited with 3. giving him an addition Of three votes and wiping cut the narrow margin upon which Stukcy had been basing his hopes for reelection. With but 13 precincts outstanding, those in touch with the situation yesterday evening did not see much chance for the popular of ficial racaining his lead over Mir. Jones, and it was generally believed that the lat:er's election was now practically settled.
 Hicks Loses 100 Votes.
 Another mistake involving a mat ter of 100 votes was discovered when the tally of the Clarkdale precinct was gone over. Judge Hicks. demo- cratic scrator-cllct had been given 325 votes from his precinct by inc original computation, but the count Of yesterday revealed the fact that Arr. Hicks should have been credited with only 225. However, as Judge IIfcks still has a lead of something like 7C0 votes over his republican op- Donert. the loss Of such a small mat ter as lCO votes will probably not cause the venerable democrat the loss of any sleep. According to the revised figures. Hicks leads. Senator elect Tony Johns by votes instead of by lC9. the new figures being Hicks 2Sl0, Johns 2S0l. Mullen, re. publican candidate, received 2l24' votes.
 Two Precincts Missing.
 The official count will be rcsum- cd at nine o'clock this morning Eleven of the remaining precincts can be counted with dispatch, but the official vote from Groom Creek and Beaver Creek districts cannot be ob ta:ncd ilst now by reason of the fact that through some misunderstanding, the election inspectors in those precincts sealed up their Ofli- cial tally sheets with the ballots. As inc cloth bags containing the ballots cannot be opened except in event of contest or a court order providing for a recount, the canvassing board is not at liberty to break into the bags to get out the official tally lists. The inspector in each precinct IS supposed to keep a duplicate copy of his tally sheet, and the board hopes .o be able tC procure a copy of this list eventually in event one was kept. At present they have nothing 10 work on from these two precincts except the unofficial returns which came shortly after the election, and as these figures cannot be embodied in the official count, the process will be held up indefinitely in event the duplicate sheets cannot be obtained. Tn making the official count, the bal lo.s themselves are not used, these being scaled I'D and in the custody Of the county treasurer. The tally sheets are carefully gone over in ar . irving al the official results. Usual. ly. however, there is very little dii- ference between the figures originally ? made pubic and those revealed by an . accurate and careful count
 The count of yesterday did not in any manner disturb the maioritics of any candidates on the State tic kcts. Campbell still maintains his lead of about 5 votes. and there is very little Hl,Ghood that any material changes in the State results will be brought 10 light.
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