Thursday’s official count of the Republican and Democratic primaries went off without any hitches and the results became official.

Election Commission Executive Director Suzanne Turner said a total of nine failsafe ballots were added to the election figures from Tuesday, but none of the results were impacted as a result. The failsafe ballots included the votes of people who were still registered in Cherokee County, but who have since changed addresses.

The June 22 runoff election will include five Republican races, including the local race for Cherokee County sheriff between Rick Burgess and Steve Mueller, who received the first- and second-most votes, respectively, among the five men seeking the Republican nomination.

Burgess finished with 2,934 votes in the primary, or 32,61 percent, to Mueller’s 2,781 votes, or 30.9 percent.

Also on the June 22 runoff ballot will be the races for the Republican nomination for governor, lieutenant governor, Attorney General, and state superintendent of education.

Of the four Republican candidates for governor, Nikki Haley and Gresham Barrett are headed for a runoff.

Locally, Haley was the top vote-getter in Cherokee County with 40.9 percent of the vote, while Barrett finished fourth with 12.7 percent of the vote.

Thursday’s official count confirmed that Mike Fowlkes won the Republican nomination for the Cherokee County District 2 council seat with 51.2 percent of the vote, and incumbent District 5 councilman Charles Mathis won a nomination with 52 percent of the vote.

Turner reminded voters there are no Democratic runoffs so anyone who voted in the Democratic primary cannot vote June 22.

“If you voted in the Republican primary or did not vote at all, you’re entitled to vote,” she said.

According to the official count, a total of 9,056 people cast votes in the Republican primary and 689 people cast votes in the Democratic primary, out of 29,089 registered voters in Cherokee County.

The official turnout was 33.5 percent of all voters.

Turner said turnout was better in Cherokee County than in many other locations in South Carolina, a fact she chalked up to strong interest in local races, including the race for sheriff, coroner and Cherokee County Council.