The city council voted to certify the results of the 2024 General Election during a special meeting Wednesday morning. Action included adoption of a resolution to canvass the following votes:
• Jennifer Hoffman Saccoman: 1,196 votes
• Chris Whitney: 1,824 votes
• John Schweiberger: 6,764 votes
City Question #1 (Hibbing referendum):
📥Sidenote: Hibbing voters had an impressive turnout of 85.82% in this General Election!
Election results are not official until they have been reviewed and certified by a canvassing board. On Election Night, county election officials enter unofficial election results on the Office of the Secretary of State’s website. Following Election Day, county election officials audit and proof their work to make any corrections as necessary before they canvass their results. It is routine for election officials to discover a number of small errors or typos, such as transposition of digits (e.g., entering the number 48 instead of 84).
Once results have been proofed by county election officials, the county canvassing board must review and approve the results before they are official. Each county, municipality and school district have its own canvassing board to certify results in those races. The city council is Hibbing’s canvassing board.
For more info, see https://www.sos.state.mn.us/elections-voting/how-elections-work/canvassing-boards/