Hamilton County's final count in the November 5 election began Tuesday, and the results could have a major impact on some suburban races that were very close in the unofficial count on election night. Tuesday, the board of elections approved counting 11,797 provisional ballots that were cast on election day. The board ended up rejecting 1,028 – 666 of them because the people who cast them were not registered voters. Another 273 were rejected because they were cast by voters in the wrong precinct or polling location. It is possible that some of those people were among those who did not receive notices from the board of election telling them polling locations had changed. Those nearly 11,800 could have an impact on some suburban races that were extremely close in the initial count on election night. The provisional ballots, along with late arriving absentee ballots, could decide the mayor's race in Norwood, where Republican Ken Crawford led Democratic incumbent Thomas Williams by 18
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