Voters Leaning Against Referendum; Espeset, Woodin, Simpson, Deardorff, Briggs Lead

Results as of 10 p.m. 19 of 21 precincts reporting.

Four, four year seats

Incumbent Dan Woodin 3,840 votes and 22.42 percent of the vote

Challenger Teresa Simpson 3,576 votes and 20.88 percent of the vote

Challenger Lucas Deardorff 3,500 votes and 20.43 percent of the vote

Challenger Rodney Briggs 3,028 votes and 17.68 percent of the vote

Incumbent Francis Todey 1,628 votes and 9.5 percent of the vote

Challenger Mary Jurenka 1,473 votes and 8.6 percent of the vote

Two year seat

Challenger Mike Espeset 3,664 votes and 76.85 percent of the vote

Incumbent John Hascall 1,101 votes and 23.09 percent of the vote

Bond Referendum

No 4,200 votes and 79.13 percent of the vote.

Yes 1,108 votes and 20.87 percent of the vote.

A greater number of registered voters participated in today's Ames Community School Board election than the election of 2009.

So far, more than 15 percent of voters cast a ballot, according to information provided by the Story County Auditor's Office. By 8 p.m., 15.1 percent of this town's near 40,000 registered voters had cast a ballot, the website reported.

In the 2009 school board election a total of 5.4 percent of voters cast a ballot, said Lucy Martin, Story County Auditor.

Those totals did not include absentee ballots. As of 11 a.m. Monday, 389 Ames voters requested absentee ballots. That doesn't mean they will all be turned in Martin said.

Voter turnout in school board elections is typically low, she said. In the last 11 years, voter turnout has been under 10 percent.