(La Porte County, IN) - The public will be provided glimpses of how the candidates are doing while the votes are tabulated in La Porte County tonight. 

 

Traditionally, vote totals were released in La Porte County as the count was being carried out.

 

Members of both parties would gather in large numbers to keep track of the totals during what was usually a festive occasion.

 

However, the release of running vote totals stopped in the May primary due to a mistake in counting during the previous election.

 

La Porte County Election Board members decided not to release any numbers until all of the countings were finished to avoid the potential for a repeat of incorrect figures being announced.

 

The change upset many people who planned their evenings around the excitement and drama of following the running vote totals.

 

In a compromise, perhaps, the election board decided to release the totals from the early voting once those numbers are tallied.

 

Election Board President Chuck Watterson said updates from the votes cast today would also be released at least once or twice before the tallying is finished.

 

Once all the numbers are counted, the final results will then be given out.