Whether this repetition occurred because of administrative oversight, ignorance, stupidity, laziness, copy-and-paste errors, or a lack of diligence in updating election documentation, it raises reasonable questions about the accuracy and care taken in reporting the election results. Given the existing mathematical inconsistencies in the vote totals, the unchanged ballot count contributes to a pattern that warrants closer review, clarification, and transparency from the Board.

This assumes:

• 85 ballots were submitted
• A “vote” = selecting a candidate’s name
• We are calculating how many total candidate selections per ballot would be required
• This can exceed 3 because we’re reverse-engineering what would have had to happen to reach the totals shown

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2024 Election — Total Votes Reported: 588

Formula:

Votes per ballot=Total Votes85\text{Votes per ballot} = \frac{\text{Total Votes}}{85}Votes per ballot=85Total Votes​ 58885=6.9176…\frac{588}{85} = 6.9176…85588​=6.9176…

✔️ 2024 Required Votes per Ballot: ~6.92 selections per ballot

But the maximum allowed is 3, meaning 2024 required:

More than double the legal maximum number of selections per ballot

Or said another way:
Each ballot would need to have voted for ~7 candidates, but only 5 candidates existed on the ballot — and only 3 selections were allowed.

This means 2024 is not just impossible — it’s beyond physically possible even if voters selected every candidate.

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2025 Election — Total Votes Reported: 273

Apply same formula:

27385=3.2117…\frac{273}{85} = 3.2117…85273​=3.2117…

✔️ 2025 Required Votes per Ballot: ~3.21 selections per ballot

But again, legally:

• Maximum allowed is 3 per ballot

This means 2025 would require every ballot to vote for the full 3 candidates PLUS an extra ~0.21 votes, which cannot occur.

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Summary — Required Ballot Behavior vs. Allowed Rules

Year	Total Votes Reported	Required Votes per Ballot	Allowed Votes per Ballot	Result
2024	588	6.92	3	❌ Impossible by a factor of 2.31×
2025	273	3.21	3	❌ Slightly impossible (0.21 too many)

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Interpretation

To generate the reported totals:

2024

• Each of the 85 ballots would have needed to vote for almost 7 candidates,
• But only 5 candidates existed,
• And only 3 selections were allowed.

This is mathematically impossible by a large margin.

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2025

• Each ballot would have needed to select 3.21 candidates,
• When the maximum allowed is 3,

This is impossible — but just barely (only 18 votes too many).

A notable concern arises from the fact that the Board of Governors reported the exact same number of ballots submitted in both 2024 and 2025—85 ballots, with no variation at all. What makes this more troubling is that the ballot-submission line appears to be identical, suggesting it may have been copied directly from the 2024 report into the 2025 report without verification or update.