Provisional ballots are those given voters who show up at the wrong precinct, don’t have proper identification or aren’t registered to vote.
In a race this close, anything can be given credit for the victory. However the recorded phone message from Superintendent of Schools Jim Paul for Valentino that was sent out over the Labor Day weekend may have given the Valentino campaign the boost that it needed. We know of one family – five votes – that voted for Valentino because of the call.