The Johnson County Election Office announced Wednesday the Board of Canvassers voted to accept the recount of the Prairie Village ballot question.

The question, which was placed on the Nov. 4 ballot, asked voters whether or not they wanted to abandon the citys form of government.

Results of the manual hand recount found the "same tally as the initial results.

In total, 9,010 votes were cast, including 3,168 "yes" votes and 5,842 "no" votes. With 103 undervotes, the contest total was 9,113.

I appreciate the work of the bipartisan group of election workers who conducted this recount, along with the staff of the Election Office, Johnson County Election Commissioner Fred Sherman said in a news release. Administering secure and fair elections is our offices top priority, and this recount pr

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