Tuscaloosa City Council officially met Tuesday for the final counting of all the ballots cast in Tuscaloosa’s Aug. 27 municipal elections, including provisional ballots.

Of the 19 provisional ballots admitted for the District 4 Board of Education seat race, 17 were cast for Cason Kirby, and two were cast for Kelly Horwitz. For the Board of Education chair race, 27 admitted provisional ballot votes were cast for Lee Garrison, while eight were cast for Denise Hills. The counting of provisional votes has not altered the outcome of the original ballot count, leaving the District 4 board seat to Kirby and the chair of the board to Garrison.

The official canvassing of the ballots comes a full week after the Aug. 27 election day. Several allegations of voter fraud have surfaced over the course of the week, centering around the District 4 Board of Education race and the Board of Education chair race. Allegations range from bribing students to illegal registration processes.

WVUA reported via Twitter Tuesday that Horwitz said she will be challenging the results of the election. Neither Hills nor Horwitz responded to The Crimson White’s attempts to contact them, though Hills previously told The Crimson White she was considering challenging the results.

In light of these allegations, faculty members are speaking out on the issue, calling the University to action. Paul Horwitz, a UA law professor, member of the faculty senate and husband of District 4 candidate Kelly Horwitz, led the conversation by sending out a faculty senate-wide email the day after the election, outlining his concern about the University’s silence on the issue and the involvement of students in the alleged voter fraud.