Some candidates in last week’s municipal elections in Beaufort County picked up additional votes during the Board of Elections’ canvass Tuesday, but no outcomes changed.

During its canvass, the board reviewed nine provisional ballots and one absentee ballot. For a voter whose registration status is not immediately clear when he or she arrives at a polling place to mark ballots, that person is given a provisional ballot. Later, the Board of Elections determines if that person is a qualified registered voter. If so, the ballot is counted. If not, the ballot is not counted.

Some provisional ballots were rejected because the voters are registered in other counties or do not live in a municipality.

Four provisional ballots were marked in the Chocowinity Board of Commissioners race. At the end of Election Day, four votes separated challenger Casey T. Langley (44 votes) and incumbent Arlene D. Jones (40 votes). With the provisional ballots counted, Langley picked up one vote, while Jones picked up two votes. That resulted in Jones closing the gap by one vote, but Langley wins the seat by three votes.

Curt Jenkins picked up three votes by way of provisional ballots, making him the top vote-getter (60 votes) among the four candidates. Incumbent M.L. Dunbar picked up one vote when the provisional ballots were counted, finishing withy 14 votes.

Jones and Dunbar, who leave office next month, are long-time board members.

In the Belhaven mayoral race, incumbent Adam O’Neal picked up three votes by provisional ballots. Challenger Ricky Radcliffe gained a vote the same way.

Charles O. Boyette, Ricky Credle, Amos Wilson and Robert L. Stanley each picked up two votes by provisional ballots in the Belhaven Board of Aldermen elections, with Shane Hubers and Vic Cox each adding one vote to their vote totals.

In the Washington mayoral race, incumbent Mac Hodges picked up two votes by way of provisional ballots. In the City Council race, incumbents Doug Mercer and William Pitt each added two votes to their vote totals, with incumbent Larry Beeman adding one vote and Virginia Finnerty and Gil Davis each adding two votes to their vote totals.