While the polls are closed and winners declared, Baldwin County officials will spend the next week going through a record number of provisional challenged ballots following Tuesday election in which more than 80,000 residents voted.

The Baldwin County Board of Registrars received 569 provisional ballots Wednesday, all of which must be checked against poll records, said Doris Hearn, board chairwoman. In the 2004 general election, 81 provisional ballots were cast.

Provisional challenges set record