Unofficial results released by Maricopa County just after 8 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 5, show that Fountain Hills voters were handily approving an $8.2 million bond issue to reconstruct Saguaro Blvd. and the two School District questions were holding a narrow lead.

Preliminary voting results had the town's bonding authorization to re-do Saguaro Blvd. leading with 2,898 "yes" votes (66 percent) and 1,460 votes (33 percent) against.

The $8 million Fountain Hills Unified School District No. 98 bond request for capital improvements was holding a slim lead with 2,328 yes votes and 2,136 against, a difference of only 192 votes. The budget override extension question also was narrowly winning with 2,255 votes in favor and 2,147 against.

According to Superintendent Tom Lawrence, district administration is "cautiously optimistic" that the numbers will remain in FHUSD's favor.

"There are more ballots to count, so we'll see what the final results show on Friday," Lawrence said.

"I hate to try to predict what might happen but, at this point, we're hopeful that the numbers will hold. It's close and, historically, we've seen that every vote counts."

The preliminary vote totals released by the county for Fountain Hills have not changed since their initial posting just after 8 p.m. Tuesday. Other races were updated by the county around 10 p.m. Tuesday.

Provisional ballots delivered by hand to Fountain Hills Town Hall in the past couple of days won't be counted until at least Friday. Additional unofficial results likely won't be released until then.

The county was posting voting results at http://recorder.maricopa.gov/electionresults/eresults.aspx