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Trumbull problems delayed results to 10 a.m.
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WARREN — It was a long night for elections workers in Trumbull County, who had predicted that counting a record number of paper ballots would lead to delays.
Kelly Pallante, Trumbull elections board director, was working on her 30th consecutive hour without sleep at 10 a.m. Wednesday when her office released its complete election results.
That’s about 10 hours later than the office usually works and probably more than eight hours after elections workers in Mahoning and Columbiana counties left for the night, said Ron Massullo, a regional liaison for Ohio Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner.
The Trumbull elections board released 78 percent of its vote totals by 10 p.m., making it possible for voters to know the outcome of most races by bedtime.
The next 12 hours were spent counting the 26,000 paper ballots received from those who voted early or filled out a paper ballot at the polls, Pallante said.
Find out what happened in Thursday's Vindicator or on Vindy.com.