HARTINGTON, Neb. (AP) — Officials in the northeastern corner of Nebraska are recounting ballots in a local school bond election after a single vote separated those for and against the proposal.
The Norfolk Daily News reports that Cedar County election workers tallying the Tuesday vote Laurel-Concord-Coleridge Public Schools bond issue election counted 596 votes in favor of the bond and 595 votes against it. A recount was being conducted Wednesday.
The $18.5 bond issue and $6.5 million lease-purchase proposal would go toward a $25 million project to replace the district's high school and upgrade the attached elementary school.
The project was previously rejected by 50 votes in November 2020 when it was proposed in the form of a $23 million bond issue.