Ginny Dickey is holding her lead over Cecil Yates for the office of Mayor for the Town of Fountain Hills.

Updated numbers posted by Maricopa County Elections officials just before 3 a.m. Wednesday have Dickey with 3,127 votes to 2,817 for Yates. The margin is 310 votes, and although there is no official word from the county it appears that most votes had been counted by the 3 a.m. update.

In the race for the three available Town Council seats, former Times editor Mike Scharnow received the most votes with 3,066. He was followed by newcomer David Spelich with 2,902 and incumbent Alan Magazine received 2,760.

The numbers for the remaining three candidates are Sharron Grzybowski (2,327), Gerry Fridel (2,150) and Marcus Bulow Von Dennewitz (2,066).

There is no need for a council runoff in November.

The election results will remain unofficial until the Town Council receives final results and holds a canvass vote.

County Recorder Adrian Fontes apologized to voters for delays in getting more than 60 polling places open on time Tuesday morning. The list of precincts did not included Fountain Hills, however, election officials at the Community Center reported two delays due to malfunctioning ballot printers. One was first thing in the morning and the second around mid-day.

The total delay time was 60 to 90 minutes. It is not known how many people failed to vote due to the delays.