Statewide election results certified

Crook County didn’t vote in favor of the constitutional amendment that will see a new “residential property” class created for tax assessments.

The rest of the state disagreed.

Crook was among only four counties that disagreed with the measure, with a final vote count of 1925 for and 1997 against.

Goshen, Niobrara and Platte made up the other “no” votes.

The amendment still received a majority of the total ballots cast, with 146,336 votes for and 100,392 votes against.

The total number of ballots cast was 271,123, so the majority needed was 135,562. The amendment topped this by just over 10,00...