Unofficial results are in for the May 5 school and special district elections.
The results aren’t final until the county conducts the canvass, which is usually done within two weeks.
Belt, Centerville and Ulm school districts had trustee elections. Ulm School requested a $95,753 annual operational levy.
Fort Shaw Irrigation District had two board seats on the ballot. Their canvass is scheduled for 1 p.m. May 7 in the county commission office.
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In Ulm, the unofficial tally on the levy is just two votes apart with 138 voting no and 136 voting yes.
Terry Thompson, Cascade County elections administrator, told The Electric that their were four rejected ballots in Ulm and her staff was working to get those voters into the office by 5 p.m. May 6 to resolve those issues.
If those issues are resolved, it could swing the vote, be farther apart, or tie, Thompson said.
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Election staff can’t count those four ballots until Monday as provisional ballots, at which point, she’ll determine whether the result is within the margin for an automatic recount under state statute,
Thompson said her staff hand counted ballots on May 5 and counted the Ulm ballots three times since the levy vote was so close.
Unofficial results for the May 5, 2026 elections
Belt Schools Board of Trustees, two positions open
Mike Christensen: 250
Danny Hoyer: 148
Shawn Lau: 47
Jarred Simons: 57
Erin Tingey: 249
Todd Vogel: 188
Oaken Wergin: 74
Centerville Schools Board of Trustees, one open position
Kenadee Chartier: 202
Jessi Hough: 50
Ulm Schools
Board of Trustees, two open positions
Andrew Gould: 235
Foster Sensibaugh: 98
William Waldner (write-in): 45
Levy
Yes: 136
No: 138
Fort Shaw Irrigation District
District 2, one position open
Rich Boyle: 5,751
Cole Nelson: 3,578
District 4, one position open
Timothy Reifer: 2,977
Kennard Steinke: 6,198
