 of elections in Meade County. Because Meade County was having a recount, it was not required to conduct a post-election audit. This is the first year that counties were required to conduct this review. However, Crane says the county decided to go ahead and perform a voluntary post-election audit to verify and prove that the county's machine tabulator was indeed accurate. Shrake will assume the new four-year term as treasurer in January because no other candidates from other parties filed to run for the general election in November.