As a result, property valuations were more than four months late. The assessor’s office last year had a staff shortage when six appraisers retired and their positions weren’t immediately filled. Konis said his goals as assessor are improving staff training and exploring new technology options – such as tablets – which will boost efficiency with property valuations and allow instant photo uploads to the county’s website. Konis, a political newcomer, attributes his victory to campaign volunteers and supporters who assisted with waving signs on the Monroe Street Bridge as well as campaigning door to-door through Spokane’s 3rd and 6th Legislative districts to boost name recognition. Konis was endorsed by Spokane County assessor, Vicki Horton, who is retiring at the end of the year. The assessor’s election results will be certified on Dec. The county auditor’s office has yet to receive an estimate of incurred costs from the recount, she said. One of those ballots contained a vote for Konis, increasing his lead to 153 votes.ĭalton said the recount took four days to complete and required slight overtime work from eight to 10 employees. Spokane County Auditor Vicki Dalton said a few ballots weren’t included in the original count because they were marked with pencil rather than pen. If the vote margin fell below 150 votes, state law would require a hand recount. The 152 vote margin was enough for the county to conduct a machine recount of the election under state law. 26 as final ballots were counted from voters who were required to re-verify their signatures.
Christian led Konis by more than 1,000 votes on election night, but that lead slowly diminished as the county elections department tallied last minute mail and drop-box ballots.
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