Jamestown  (CSi)  As votes were cast on Tuesday, during the Jamestown Public School District’s Bond Referendum, it was a joint effort.

The paper ballots were hand-counted with some staff members from the county, and from the Jamestown Public School District.

The ballots were tabulated with the final unofficial totals arrived at by about 8:15-p.m., as the polling location at the Jamestown Civic Center closed at 7-p.m.

From the Civic Center the ballots were brought to the courthouse for tabulation, along with Early voting and Absentee ballots.

The Bond Referendum failed.  The total vote count was 3909. There were 875 Early Voting ballots cast, at the courthouse and 103 absentee ballots.  Nine votes will be canvassed, with the canvassing at the October First School Board meeting.

The vote total Tuesday was more than the 3528 votes cast in the June 2018 elections.