Just how secure are ALL of our elections and primaries? Ever wonder if we are paying more taxes due to ballot mishandling and miscounts ..... more 'ooops'?
I HAVE!
Posted on Fri, Apr. 29, 2005
Counting error overstates votes
By KRISTY EPPLEY RUPON
Staff Writer
Human error is being blamed for a mistake that overturned results from Tuesday’s Republican primary in a special election for Kershaw County Council.
Unofficial vote totals that night showed 3,208 of District 2’s 5,128 registered voters had cast ballots in the Republican and Democratic primaries. A manual recount Thursday proved only 768 votes were cast.
The new numbers mean Republican Tony Mike Davis — who went home Tuesday believing he won the primary — was defeated by Ned Towell by seven votes. Sammie Tucker Jr. remains the Democratic primary winner, defeating Kenneth Carter by 49 votes.