If you think your vote doesn't count, the race Cleveland City Council in the newly redrawn Ward 12 on the city's west side shows how much it really does. After all votes were tallied Tuesday, only seven votes separated incumbent Danny Kelly, who had 1,456, from challenger Tanmay Shah's 1,463.

That won't be the final tally as vote-by-mail ballots, provided they were postmarked by Monday, have four days after the election to be returned and counted. As of 9:30 p.m. Tuesday, the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections showed there were 56 yet to be returned in Ward 12.

Also, each Election Day, there are provisional ballots or ballots cast by voters whose eligibility is in question, very often related to their address. The provisional ballot they cast is set aside until election officials are abl

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