MENTOR, Ohio — Two local races in Mentor remain too close to call nearly a week after Election Day.

Both Lake County races have razor-thin margins that demonstrate how every vote matters in local elections.

According to the Lake County Board of Elections, the unofficial results for the Board of Education Mentor Exempted Village seat show Daniel Hardesty has a one-vote edge over Robert Izzo. For a Mentor member of Council at Large, unofficial results show Annie Payne is edging out Brian Cook by just three votes.

"We have a couple close races in Lake County," said Director of the Lake County Board of Elections Dante Lewis.

Atiba Ellis, a law professor at Case Western Reserve University Law School, says these results prove that every vote counts.

"Yes, I think that elections like school

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