A Ramsey County programming error Tuesday night led to the uploading of incorrect vote totals for several candidates in a handful of local primary elections, leaving wrong numbers on the state election website for hours before the problem could be fixed.
"The mistake was on our end. We should have caught it sooner," said Joe Mansky, the county's elections manager.
Hours after polls closed, the site showed that David Martinez had more than 1,000 votes and was in a tight race for the St. Paul City Council's Fourth Ward seat. Martinez, whose series of arrests before the election drew unfavorable attention, finished third with fewer than 600 votes.
Totals for Roseville Mayor Dan Roe, who won the primary with more than 4,000 votes, were switched for several hours with those of candidate Brett Rose, who finished last. Vote totals for City Council races in Roseville and Maplewood also were swapped.
Greg Stanley
East Bethel
Treatment center plan wins council approval
After it was rejected earlier this year in Forest Lake, a plan to build a mental health treatment center for children and teens has won support from the East Bethel City Council.
Council members unanimously approved a site plan and conditional use permit earlier this month for The Hills Youth and Family Services, a Duluth-based nonprofit, to move forward with the $26 million project.
Officials with the Hills want to build a 60-bed residential treatment center for children ages 6 to 17 with mood disorders, such as anxiety and depression, and neurological conditions such as autism.
The 65,000-square-foot facility will be built on a 37-acre site of woods and wetlands.
