Monday. That's when we're likely to have a better idea who will be state auditor in January.

Chittenden County Clerk Diane Lavallee thought this morning that the work might be done by day's end, but alas, not enough volunteers showed up for the counting Friday afternoon. Chittenden is the last county to be tallying.

The results could change from the presumed Election Day outcome that indicated incumbent Republican Randy Brock had won. Under the recount, Democrat Tom Salmon leads by 2,404 with Chittenden's vote pending.

And by the way, those billboard-sized ballots I mentioned in a posting below - Charlotte isn't the only one to use them. That should have been occurred to me, on account I voted on one of them myself on Election Day. Bolton and St. George also used them. Now that my addled mind has been awakened on the issue, I do recall that it felt like I was voting in two ZIP codes.

- Terri Hallenbeck