SUMMARY REPORT BUTLER COUNTY, NEBRASKA UNOFFICIAL REPORT RUN DATE:11/06/12 GENERAL ELECTION RUN TIME:10:57 PM NOVEMBER 6, 2012 VOTES PERCENT PRECINCTS COUNTED (OF 22) . . . . . 21 95.45 REGISTERED VOTERS - TOTAL . . . . . 5,942 BALLOTS CAST - TOTAL. . . . . . . 3,895 VOTER TURNOUT - TOTAL . . . . . . 65.55 President & Vice President Vote for 1 Romney/Ryan (REP). . . . . . . . 2,729 71.22 Obama/Biden (DEM). . . . . . . . 1,028 26.83 Johnson/Gray (LIB) . . . . . . . 50 1.30 Terry/Smith (BYP). . . . . . . . 11 .29 WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 14 .37 Total . . . . . . . . . 3,832 Over Votes . . . . . . . . . 30 .77 Under Votes . . . . . . . . . 33 .85 US Senator Vote for 1 Deb Fischer (REP). . . . . . . . 2,633 68.94 Bob Kerrey (DEM) . . . . . . . . 1,178 30.85 WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 8 .21 Total . . . . . . . . . 3,819 Over Votes . . . . . . . . . 4 .10 Under Votes . . . . . . . . . 72 1.85 Rep in Congress-District 1 Vote for 1 Jeff Fortenberry (REP) . . . . . . 3,012 81.58 Korey L. Reiman (DEM) . . . . . . 677 18.34 WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 3 .08 Total . . . . . . . . . 3,692 Over Votes . . . . . . . . . 3 .08 Under Votes . . . . . . . . . 200 5.13 County Supervisor District 2 Vote for 1 Tony Krafka (REP). . . . . . . . 387 96.99 WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 12 3.01 Total . . . . . . . . . 399 Over Votes . . . . . . . . . 1 .21 Under Votes . . . . . . . . . 82 17.01 County Supervisor District 4 Vote for 1 Max Birkel (REP) . . . . . . . . 309 70.71 Gerald F Kosch (LIB). . . . . . . 126 28.83 WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 2 .46 Total . . . . . . . . . 437 Over Votes . . . . . . . . . 2 .43 Under Votes . . . . . . . . . 27 5.79 County Supervisor District 6 Vote for 1 Gregory Janak (REP) . . . . . . . 454 98.70 WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 6 1.30 Total . . . . . . . . . 460 Over Votes . . . . . . . . . 0 Under Votes . . . . . . . . . 125 21.37 Legislature District 23 Vote for 1 Vern Barrett . . . . . . . . . 1,478 42.58 Jerry Johnson . . . . . . . . . 1,982 57.10 WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 11 .32 Total . . . . . . . . . 3,471 Over Votes . . . . . . . . . 2 .05 Under Votes . . . . . . . . . 422 10.83 Bd of Regents UNL District 5 Vote for 1 Lavon L. Heidemann . . . . . . . 1,156 33.41 Mike Jones . . . . . . . . . . 2,297 66.39 WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 7 .20 Total . . . . . . . . . 3,460 Over Votes . . . . . . . . . 3 .08 Under Votes . . . . . . . . . 432 11.09 Retain NE Workers Comp Judge Fitzgerald Vote for 1 Yes . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,890 66.60 No. . . . . . . . . . . . . 948 33.40 Total . . . . . . . . . 2,838 Over Votes . . . . . . . . . 2 .05 Under Votes . . . . . . . . . 1,055 27.09 Retain District Court 5 Judge Owens Vote for 1 Yes . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,845 65.96 No. . . . . . . . . . . . . 952 34.04 Total . . . . . . . . . 2,797 Over Votes . . . . . . . . . 1 .03 Under Votes . . . . . . . . . 1,097 28.16 Retain District Court 5 Judge Steinke Vote for 1 Yes . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,870 66.52 No. . . . . . . . . . . . . 941 33.48 Total . . . . . . . . . 2,811 Over Votes . . . . . . . . . 1 .03 Under Votes . . . . . . . . . 1,083 27.80 CCC-Bd of Governors Dist 5 Vote for 1 Bill Gannon. . . . . . . . . . 2,381 99.29 WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 17 .71 Total . . . . . . . . . 2,398 Over Votes . . . . . . . . . 4 .10 Under Votes . . . . . . . . . 1,493 38.33 CCC-Bd of Governors At Large Vote for 1 Sam Cowan . . . . . . . . . . 2,310 99.40 WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 14 .60 Total . . . . . . . . . 2,324 Over Votes . . . . . . . . . 2 .05 Under Votes . . . . . . . . . 1,569 40.28 Lower Loup NRD Subdistrict 8 Vote for 1 Darwin Sieh. . . . . . . . . . 28 100.00 WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 0 Total . . . . . . . . . 28 Over Votes . . . . . . . . . 0 Under Votes . . . . . . . . . 10 26.32 Lower Platte North NRD Subdistrict 1 Vote for 1 Bob Clausen. . . . . . . . . . 1,480 99.40 WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 9 .60 Total . . . . . . . . . 1,489 Over Votes . . . . . . . . . 2 .08 Under Votes . . . . . . . . . 927 38.34 Lower Platte North NRD Subdistrict 2 Vote for 1 Fred D. Hagerbaumer . . . . . . . 1,381 99.42 WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 8 .58 Total . . . . . . . . . 1,389 Over Votes . . . . . . . . . 2 .08 Under Votes . . . . . . . . . 1,027 42.47 Lower Platte North NRD Subdistrict 3 Vote for 1 William Taylor. . . . . . . . . 1,380 99.21 WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 11 .79 Total . . . . . . . . . 1,391 Over Votes . . . . . . . . . 4 .17 Under Votes . . . . . . . . . 1,023 42.31 Lower Platte North NRD Subdistrict 4 Vote for 1 Art Bailey . . . . . . . . . . 1,385 99.21 WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 11 .79 Total . . . . . . . . . 1,396 Over Votes . . . . . . . . . 3 .12 Under Votes . . . . . . . . . 1,019 42.14 Lower Platte North NRD Subdistrict 5 Vote for 1 John Hannah. . . . . . . . . . 1,369 99.42 WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 8 .58 Total . . . . . . . . . 1,377 Over Votes . . . . . . . . . 3 .12 Under Votes . . . . . . . . . 1,038 42.93 Lower Platte North NRD Subdistrict 6 Vote for 1 Robert Hilger . . . . . . . . . 1,700 99.36 WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 11 .64 Total . . . . . . . . . 1,711 Over Votes . . . . . . . . . 2 .08 Under Votes . . . . . . . . . 705 29.16 Lower Platte North NRD Subdistrict 7 Vote for 1 Ronald Sabatka. . . . . . . . . 1,483 99.26 WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 11 .74 Total . . . . . . . . . 1,494 Over Votes . . . . . . . . . 2 .08 Under Votes . . . . . . . . . 922 38.13 Lower Platte North NRD Subdistrict 8 Vote for 1 James M. Gibney Jr. . . . . . . . 1,359 99.56 WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 6 .44 Total . . . . . . . . . 1,365 Over Votes . . . . . . . . . 3 .12 Under Votes . . . . . . . . . 1,050 43.42 Lower Platte North NRD Subdistrict 9 Vote for 1 Ray Casey . . . . . . . . . . 567 38.41 Robert J. Meduna Sr.. . . . . . . 903 61.18 WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 6 .41 Total . . . . . . . . . 1,476 Over Votes . . . . . . . . . 4 .17 Under Votes . . . . . . . . . 938 38.79 Lower Platte South NRD Subdistrict 1 Vote for 1 Don Jacobson . . . . . . . . . 221 100.00 WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 0 Total . . . . . . . . . 221 Over Votes . . . . . . . . . 0 Under Votes . . . . . . . . . 160 41.99 Upper Big Blue NRD Subdistrict 1 Vote for 1 Roger Houdersheldt . . . . . . . 722 99.86 WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 1 .14 Total . . . . . . . . . 723 Over Votes . . . . . . . . . 0 Under Votes . . . . . . . . . 335 31.66 Upper Big Blue NRD Subdistrict 2 Vote for 1 Yvonne C. Austin . . . . . . . . 536 100.00 WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 0 Total . . . . . . . . . 536 Over Votes . . . . . . . . . 0 Under Votes . . . . . . . . . 522 49.34 Upper Big Blue NRD Subdistrict 3 Vote for 1 Douglas Bruns . . . . . . . . . 530 99.81 WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 1 .19 Total . . . . . . . . . 531 Over Votes . . . . . . . . . 0 Under Votes . . . . . . . . . 527 49.81 Upper Big Blue NRD Subdistrict 4 Vote for 1 Lynn Yates . . . . . . . . . . 529 100.00 WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 0 Total . . . . . . . . . 529 Over Votes . . . . . . . . . 1 .09 Under Votes . . . . . . . . . 528 49.91 Upper Big Blue NRD Subdistrict 5 Vote for 1 Merlin Volkmer. . . . . . . . . 526 99.81 WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 1 .19 Total . . . . . . . . . 527 Over Votes . . . . . . . . . 0 Under Votes . . . . . . . . . 531 50.19 Upper Big Blue NRD Subdistrict 6 Vote for 1 John Miller. . . . . . . . . . 523 99.81 WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 1 .19 Total . . . . . . . . . 524 Over Votes . . . . . . . . . 1 .09 Under Votes . . . . . . . . . 533 50.38 Upper Big Blue NRD Subdistrict 7 Vote for 1 Gary Eberle. . . . . . . . . . 541 99.82 WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 1 .18 Total . . . . . . . . . 542 Over Votes . . . . . . . . . 2 .19 Under Votes . . . . . . . . . 514 48.58 Upper Big Blue NRD Subdistrict 8 Vote for 1 Steve Buller . . . . . . . . . 521 100.00 WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 0 Total . . . . . . . . . 521 Over Votes . . . . . . . . . 0 Under Votes . . . . . . . . . 537 50.76 Butler PPD Subdivision 2 Vote for 1 Mike G. Dewispelare . . . . . . . 313 56.70 Lane Sabata. . . . . . . . . . 237 42.93 WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 2 .36 Total . . . . . . . . . 552 Over Votes . . . . . . . . . 1 .16 Under Votes . . . . . . . . . 60 9.79 Butler PPD Subdivision 7 Vote for 1 John D. Schmid. . . . . . . . . 397 99.00 WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 4 1.00 Total . . . . . . . . . 401 Over Votes . . . . . . . . . 0 Under Votes . . . . . . . . . 156 28.01 ESU 6 District 6 Vote for 1 Bruce E. Dickinson . . . . . . . 78 98.73 WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 1 1.27 Total . . . . . . . . . 79 Over Votes . . . . . . . . . 0 Under Votes . . . . . . . . . 36 31.30 ESU 7 District 8 Vote for 1 John Wurdeman . . . . . . . . . 509 99.61 WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 2 .39 Total . . . . . . . . . 511 Over Votes . . . . . . . . . 0 Under Votes . . . . . . . . . 347 40.44 ESU 7 District 12 Vote for 1 Donald L. Ellison. . . . . . . . 1,462 99.52 WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 7 .48 Total . . . . . . . . . 1,469 Over Votes . . . . . . . . . 2 .08 Under Votes . . . . . . . . . 1,050 41.65 David City School Board Vote for 3 Tami L. Osantowski . . . . . . . 970 16.85 Mark J. Kirby . . . . . . . . . 1,619 28.12 Julie Danielson . . . . . . . . 1,422 24.70 Mark Otte . . . . . . . . . . 1,740 30.22 WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 6 .10 Total . . . . . . . . . 5,757 Over Votes . . . . . . . . . 15 .20 Under Votes . . . . . . . . . 1,725 23.01 East Butler School Board Vote for 3 Dan Zysset . . . . . . . . . . 475 42.15 Janice L. Bostelman . . . . . . . 420 37.27 WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 232 20.59 Total . . . . . . . . . 1,127 Over Votes . . . . . . . . . 3 .14 Under Votes . . . . . . . . . 1,045 48.05 Schuyler School Board Vote for 3 Chuck Misek. . . . . . . . . . 85 27.60 Clinton Parr . . . . . . . . . 53 17.21 Virginia Semerad . . . . . . . . 90 29.22 Eric Cerny . . . . . . . . . . 80 25.97 WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 0 Total . . . . . . . . . 308 Over Votes . . . . . . . . . 0 Under Votes . . . . . . . . . 157 33.76 Seward School Board Vote for 3 Jerry Rumery . . . . . . . . . 61 29.19 Paul Duer . . . . . . . . . . 88 42.11 Ryne Seaman. . . . . . . . . . 57 27.27 WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 3 1.44 Total . . . . . . . . . 209 Over Votes . . . . . . . . . 0 Under Votes . . . . . . . . . 136 39.42 Centennial School Board Vote for 3 Jodi Cast . . . . . . . . . . 11 26.19 Michael Hahn . . . . . . . . . 7 16.67 Wayne E. Heine. . . . . . . . . 10 23.81 Mark J. Avery . . . . . . . . . 14 33.33 WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 0 Total . . . . . . . . . 42 Over Votes . . . . . . . . . 0 Under Votes . . . . . . . . . 45 51.72 Columbus Public School Board Vote for 3 Mike Goos . . . . . . . . . . 19 25.00 Alan L. Dostal. . . . . . . . . 20 26.32 Candace Becher. . . . . . . . . 19 25.00 Darrell Burrows . . . . . . . . 18 23.68 WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 0 Total . . . . . . . . . 76 Over Votes . . . . . . . . . 0 Under Votes . . . . . . . . . 44 36.67 Columbus Public School Board 2yr Vote for 1 Theresa M. Seipel. . . . . . . . 28 100.00 WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 0 Total . . . . . . . . . 28 Over Votes . . . . . . . . . 0 Under Votes . . . . . . . . . 12 30.00 Shelby-Rising City School Board Vote for 3 Geoffrey Ruth . . . . . . . . . 201 25.35 Heath Vrbka. . . . . . . . . . 186 23.46 Roy Houdersheldt . . . . . . . . 137 17.28 James Jeffrey Ingalls . . . . . . 104 13.11 Jacob Nekl . . . . . . . . . . 105 13.24 Kevin F. Luchsinger . . . . . . . 56 7.06 WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 4 .50 Total . . . . . . . . . 793 Over Votes . . . . . . . . . 0 Under Votes . . . . . . . . . 197 19.90 Lakeview Community School Board Vote for 3 Dan Pabian . . . . . . . . . . 0 Timothy J. Mueller . . . . . . . 0 Larry Hassebrook . . . . . . . . 0 Eric Stuthman . . . . . . . . . 0 Jerry Jaixen . . . . . . . . . 0 WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 0 Over Votes . . . . . . . . . 0 Under Votes . . . . . . . . . 0 Skull Creek Township Levy Override Vote for 1 Yes . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 44.04 No. . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 55.96 Total . . . . . . . . . 109 Over Votes . . . . . . . . . 0 Under Votes . . . . . . . . . 24 18.05 David City Council First Ward Vote for 1 Michael E. Rogers. . . . . . . . 203 96.21 WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 8 3.79 Total . . . . . . . . . 211 Over Votes . . . . . . . . . 1 .29 Under Votes . . . . . . . . . 131 38.19 David City Council Second Ward Vote for 1 Gary L. Kroesing . . . . . . . . 259 94.18 WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 16 5.82 Total . . . . . . . . . 275 Over Votes . . . . . . . . . 0 Under Votes . . . . . . . . . 133 32.60 David City Council Third Ward Vote for 1 Gary Smith . . . . . . . . . . 254 64.96 J. Robert Palik . . . . . . . . 136 34.78 WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 1 .26 Total . . . . . . . . . 391 Over Votes . . . . . . . . . 1 .23 Under Votes . . . . . . . . . 50 11.31 Bone Creek Township Levy Override Vote for 1 Yes . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 50.68 No. . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 49.32 Total . . . . . . . . . 148 Over Votes . . . . . . . . . 0 Under Votes . . . . . . . . . 11 6.92 Read Township Levy Override Vote for 1 Yes . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 56.00 No. . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 44.00 Total . . . . . . . . . 100 Over Votes . . . . . . . . . 0 Under Votes . . . . . . . . . 6 5.66 Summit Township Levy Override Vote for 1 Yes . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 36.62 No. . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 63.38 Total . . . . . . . . . 71 Over Votes . . . . . . . . . 0 Under Votes . . . . . . . . . 10 12.35 Abie Village Board Vote for 3 Dennis Polacek. . . . . . . . . 32 32.00 David Polacek . . . . . . . . . 32 32.00 Clair Siroky . . . . . . . . . 34 34.00 WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 2 2.00 Total . . . . . . . . . 100 Over Votes . . . . . . . . . 0 Under Votes . . . . . . . . . 5 4.76 Bellwood Village Board Vote for 2 Kathy Boss . . . . . . . . . . 69 28.87 WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 170 71.13 Total . . . . . . . . . 239 Over Votes . . . . . . . . . 0 Under Votes . . . . . . . . . 79 24.84 Brainard Village Board Vote for 2 Elaine S. Fortik . . . . . . . . 108 39.56 David J. Havlovic. . . . . . . . 112 41.03 WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 53 19.41 Total . . . . . . . . . 273 Over Votes . . . . . . . . . 4 1.09 Under Votes . . . . . . . . . 91 24.73 Bruno Village Board Vote for 2 Patrick Fuller. . . . . . . . . 28 49.12 William Voboril . . . . . . . . 26 45.61 WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 3 5.26 Total . . . . . . . . . 57 Over Votes . . . . . . . . . 0 Under Votes . . . . . . . . . 33 36.67 Dwight Village Board Vote for 2 Jeffrey R Brester. . . . . . . . 83 69.75 WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 36 30.25 Total . . . . . . . . . 119 Over Votes . . . . . . . . . 0 Under Votes . . . . . . . . . 127 51.63 Garrison Village Board Vote for 2 Linda M. Robinson. . . . . . . . 21 51.22 James L. Daro . . . . . . . . . 17 41.46 WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 3 7.32 Total . . . . . . . . . 41 Over Votes . . . . . . . . . 0 Under Votes . . . . . . . . . 7 14.58 Linwood Village Board Vote for 2 Connie L. Black . . . . . . . . 9 12.68 Fred Hermsen . . . . . . . . . 23 32.39 Michael A. Codr . . . . . . . . 25 35.21 WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 14 19.72 Total . . . . . . . . . 71 Over Votes . . . . . . . . . 0 Under Votes . . . . . . . . . 7 8.97 Village of Linwood-Lottery Vote for 1 For . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 89.74 Against . . . . . . . . . . . 4 10.26 Total . . . . . . . . . 39 Over Votes . . . . . . . . . 0 Under Votes . . . . . . . . . 0 Octavia Village Board Vote for 2 Jeannette A Zegers . . . . . . . 29 60.42 WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 19 39.58 Total . . . . . . . . . 48 Over Votes . . . . . . . . . 2 2.78 Under Votes . . . . . . . . . 22 30.56 Rising City Village Board Vote for 2 Randy Wingard . . . . . . . . . 132 64.39 WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 73 35.61 Total . . . . . . . . . 205 Over Votes . . . . . . . . . 0 Under Votes . . . . . . . . . 109 34.71 Surprise Village Board Vote for 3 Rozanne A Primus . . . . . . . . 11 27.50 Judy Haase . . . . . . . . . . 14 35.00 Susan Doehling. . . . . . . . . 10 25.00 WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 5 12.50 Total . . . . . . . . . 40 Over Votes . . . . . . . . . 0 Under Votes . . . . . . . . . 11 21.57 Ulysses Village Board Vote for 3 DeLores G. Kassik. . . . . . . . 49 23.11 Jason L. Anderson. . . . . . . . 37 17.45 Wayne L. Clover . . . . . . . . 55 25.94 WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 71 33.49 Total . . . . . . . . . 212 Over Votes . . . . . . . . . 0 Under Votes . . . . . . . . . 43 16.86 Proposed Amendment 1 Vote for 1 For . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,737 82.64 Against . . . . . . . . . . . 575 17.36 Total . . . . . . . . . 3,312 Over Votes . . . . . . . . . 5 .13 Under Votes . . . . . . . . . 578 14.84 Proposed Amendment 2 Vote for 1 For . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,740 80.19 Against . . . . . . . . . . . 677 19.81 Total . . . . . . . . . 3,417 Over Votes . . . . . . . . . 4 .10 Under Votes . . . . . . . . . 474 12.17 Proposed Amendment 3 Vote for 1 For . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,374 39.06 Against . . . . . . . . . . . 2,144 60.94 Total . . . . . . . . . 3,518 Over Votes . . . . . . . . . 0 Under Votes . . . . . . . . . 377 9.68 Proposed Amendment 4 Vote for 1 For . . . . . . . . . . . . 960 26.76 Against . . . . . . . . . . . 2,628 73.24 Total . . . . . . . . . 3,588 Over Votes . . . . . . . . . 2 .05 Under Votes . . . . . . . . . 305 7.83