Last week’s recount in the tied county commissioner primary election revealed the same number of votes for each candidate — 67 for Ron Boyenga and 67 for Darrel Van Aartsen.
Greg Burger captured the most votes in the Aug. 9 primary in the District 3 commissioner race to advance to the general election in November.
During canvassing on Aug. 11, the two tied candidates drew from a deck of playing cards to determine who would advance. Boyenga drew an ace (aces were low) and Van Aartsen drew a queen, which made him the nominee.
Boyenga at that point had the option to request a recount at the county’s expense, which he did, and that process on Aug. 16 yielded the same number of votes for each candidate.
This means Burger and Van Aartsen will have their names on the ballot as candidates for the District 3 Rock County Commissioner in the general election.
Following the Tuesday recount, Boyenga indicated he will launch a write-in campaign.
His name cannot appear on the ballots, but if he registers his name with the Rock County Auditor’s Office, his votes can be listed online with official results. Unregistered write-in votes are just counted together as one total under “write-ins.”