BAY MINETTE, Ala. — Election results are expected to be certified Tuesday by the Baldwin County Republican Party’s executive committee declaring Angie Swiger as the winner of the Baldwin County School Board District 5 slot in the primary runoff, according to party chairman Don McGriff.

Swiger, who defeated incumbent Margaret Long on Tuesday, has no Democratic Party opposition in November’s general election.

McGriff said the party will meet Saturday at 10 a.m. at Robertsdale City Hall to determine headquarter locations on the Eastern Shore and on U.S. 59 in south Baldwin County in preparation for the general election.

A separate topic may be the “continual problem” of voter confusion created by split districts throughout the county for legislative, County Commission and Board of Education candidates.

Three Central Baldwin precincts in Elberta, Foley and Magnolia Springs revoted in the school board race after Baldwin County Probate Judge Adrian Johns determined voters in those split districts were given the wrong ballots in the June 3 primary.

Only voters in those precincts cast ballots Tuesday in the school board race.

Long received 101 votes to Swiger’s 80. But Swiger’s win margin in the June 3 primary is apparently enough to put her over the top.

Confusion in the school board race prompted Long to suggest that the county’s split districts be reviewed, McGriff said.

“Mrs. Long asked the party to get with the County Commission and probate judge about voter confusion in split districts,” McGriff said Wednesday. “It’s a continual problem and a problem that the government needs to address. But I am not sure how to fix it.”

McGriff said voters often become angry when they realize they are not allowed to vote in a particular race.

Johns agreed that split districts throughout the county may cause voter confusion and increase the possibility of poll worker errors in some districts which may have as many as seven ballot styles.

“I would be happy to meet and discuss it, but we need to meet with all involved,” Johns said, referring to the Baldwin County Legislative Delegation, BOE and County Commission.

Johns ordered a new primary for the contested District 5 election after receiving a state Attorney General’s opinion to follow a state Republican Party plan, allowing voters in the three precincts to recast ballots in Tuesday’s state runoff.

District 5 poll workers at the three precincts did not unseal and distribute the correct ballot style in the contested precincts in the June 3 primary, Johns said. He cited “human error” and confusion caused by seven split precincts in the school board race.

Johns reviewed procedures with poll inspectors Monday, ordered color coding on election supplies and signs on entrance tables to alert voters of the split precincts.

Signs also were placed outside the three polling sites to emphasize the split precincts.

During Tuesday’s elections, Johns said Long and Swiger visited the precincts and each had representatives on site.

In unofficial results posted by the Baldwin County Probate Office, voters gave Beth Kellum the nod with 1,716 votes compared to 817 votes for Lucie McLemore in the Court of Criminal Appeals Judge Place 1 race.

Statewide, Kellum won by a 52,360 to 43,022 margin.

In the other statewide race, Twinkle Andress Cavanaugh defeated challenger Matt Chancey by a 1,737 to 922 margin in Baldwin County. Statewide, Cavanaugh won by a 61,924 to 41,273 margin.

For complete election results, including a breakdown of votes by precinct, go to co.baldwin.al.us. Click on probate, elections, election night.