"This is a situation that does not deal with ballots," he said.

The vote was 138 to 88, with 12 contested ballots.

In other cases, the boxes were already filled with marked ballots.

Voters cast votes with six ballots for various levels of government.

Most people arrived at the ballot boxes with ballots in their hands.

A year ago, the workers voted 124 to 119 against joining, with 14 ballots challenged.

Randolph finished a close third with 42,819 ballots (30 percent).

With ballots due today, 11th-hour lobbying was in full stride this week.

Rather than certify the results, some officials fled with ballots.

Former Senate leaders are accusing each other of tampering with ballots.