Hoover residents and candidates for Place 3 are awaiting the results of Tuesday’s election that will determine if Ashley Lovell and Liz Lane will have a runoff.

Poll workers assigned to the St. Peter the Apostle Catholic Church mistakenly included election results inside of their sealed box, requiring the City to get a court order from the Jefferson County Circuit Court to open and finish counting ballots.

The Hoover City Council had three open seats this election cycle. One of them was won outright when Robin Shultz beat Tanveer Patel. One is going to a run-off, and one is too close to call.

A spreadsheet available on the City's website shows all results with the exception of blank spaces across the board for the St. Peter polling location.

According to the Hoover Sun, Wendy Dickerson

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