Results of ballot #1 are as follows:
Number of legal votes cast: 583
Number of legal voted needed for election on this ballot (75%): 438
Jeff Sandgren: 119
Bill Rindy: 93
Andrea DeGroot-Nesdahl: 83
Bruce Vold: 82
Naomi Garber: 71
H. Chris Hallanger: 52
Steve Wold: 46
Philip Larson: 37
The top 7 nominees will participate at a bishop nominee forum at 4:15 p.m. at the Fargo Civic Center.
Ballot #2 is scheduled for today at 7:00 p.m. Watch the Eastern North Dakota Synod website for more news from the 2008 Synod Assembly.