ROANOKE, Va. (WFXR) – As the race for Roanoke City Mayor continues to get closer and more uncertain with Provisional and Absentee Ballots still coming in to be counted, Joe Cobb has released a statement and addressed the pending outcome and congratulated the election of council members.
“Thank you to everyone who voted in the Roanoke City election. I am grateful to my campaign team and all my supporters for your constant encouragement during this season. I want to congratulate Terry McGuire, Phazhon Nash, and Nick Hagen for their election to the Roanoke City Council.
With Roanoke’s mayoral election remaining too close to call, and hundreds of ballots yet to be counted, I want to underscore the significance of every vote being counted accurately.
Our election system has safeguards in place to ensure fairness, integrity, and transparency and this requires attention to detail to verify every vote cast. I want to encourage patience and trust in the process as election officials work diligently to follow secure procedures for verifying and counting ballots.
Regardless of the outcome, I will respect the decision of the voters and continue working hard for the citizens of Roanoke.” – Joe Cobb
The Roanoke City Registrar’s Office has reported the city still has 1,223 provisional ballots that still need to be counted and reviewed by the Roanoke City Electoral Board over the next week, as well as 118 absentee ballots that are expected today from uniformed and overseas voters.
Final results aren’t expected until sometime next week.