Primary Election Day Special: 2013 Ogden City Municipal Primary Real-time Tallies - Updated

Yeah, we know...  the tension is unbearable

As every red-blooded Weber County Forum political wonk is by now acutely aware, today is Ogden City Municipal Primary Election Day. The polls opened at 7:00 a.m., and will remain in business until 8:00 this evening at all Ogden City voter precinct polling places.

We do hope you all took our dunning advice, visited your designated polling location, did your civic duty and cast your vote for the Ogden City Council At-large Seat "A" candidate of your choice.

As is our eight year tradition at Weber County Forum, we're once again delighted to furnish a link to Ogden City's nifty online vote tally link. The real-time online utility is up and running right now. So if it isn't displaying on your computer, you probably  have some Flash Player updating to do:

• 2013 Municipal General Election Real-time Tallies

Yeah, we know.  The tension is unbearable. But although the polls close at  8:00 p.m., experience dictates that initial vote counts probably won't start rolling in until around 9:00 p.m. or later.  So exercise some patience, folks.

And for those of you who might be inclined to offer your primary election day wisdom, the floor's now officially open for your ever-savvy comments.

Update 8/13/13 8:55 p.m.:  The tote board has started to light up.  Thompson and White are neck-and-neck.

Update 8/13/13 9:39 p.m.: Final (unofficial) tally, with 100% of precincts reporting:

• Marcia L. White 804 52%
• Stephen D. Thompson 597 39%
• Sheri Morreale 147 9%

So what about it, O Gentle Ones? Does that make White the next Seat "A" council member, since she garnered over 50% of the vote?  Does the attainment of a majority rather that a mere plurality let her off the hook for a General Election race? Who wants to chime in on this? Anybody know the Utah rule on this off the top of their head? Ferris?

Update 8/14/13 6:00 a.m.: Both The Standard and Tribune report that Thompson and White will indeed "face off" in the November general election. For sake of clarification, Ogden City Municipal primaries are "nominating elections," per Ogden City Code Section 1-7-1, dovetailing with applicable statutes in the Utah Elections Code, which distinguish, albeit clumsily, between "General" and "Primary" elections and lack "majority winner take all" nominating election provisions.

Update 8/15/13 8:00 a.m.:  For archival purposes, here's a screenshot of Tuesday night's final vote tallies:

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6% Turnout? Shameful, No?