12,000 votes uncounted in Gaston
There will be more.....................dm
From the Charlotte Observer, here in NC ~ this morning~~
Mecklenburg's flawed count = Human error
12,000 votes uncounted in Gaston
Could change outcome of local, statewide races
BINYAMIN APPELBAUM
Staff Writer
GASTONIA - About 12,000 votes cast in Gaston County have not yet been counted, elections director Sandra Page said Tuesday. Page said most early and absentee votes were not included in the county's unofficial election results because of a procedural error.
The inclusion of the votes in the county's results, expected Tuesday afternoon, could change the outcome of several local and statewide races.
Page emphasized that the votes are still in the computer system. She said officials failed to release the votes from the machine on which they were stored into the database where votes were tallied. She said she discovered the error Tuesday morning and results would be updated that afternoon.
"We apologize to anybody for this," she said. "After an election the boards of elections need their time and nothing is official until the board signs off and people need to understand that."
The number of uncounted votes is larger than the current margin of victory in statewide races for Commissioner of Agriculture and Superintendent of Public Instruction.
It is also larger than the margin of victory in several local races, particularly for the board of education.
Charlotte Observer | 11/09/2004 | 12,000 votes uncounted in Gaston
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http://www.charlotte.com/mld/charlotte/news/politics/10137450.htm?1c
From the Charlotte Observer, here in NC ~ this morning~~
Mecklenburg's flawed count = Human error
12,000 votes uncounted in Gaston
Could change outcome of local, statewide races
BINYAMIN APPELBAUM
Staff Writer
GASTONIA - About 12,000 votes cast in Gaston County have not yet been counted, elections director Sandra Page said Tuesday. Page said most early and absentee votes were not included in the county's unofficial election results because of a procedural error.
The inclusion of the votes in the county's results, expected Tuesday afternoon, could change the outcome of several local and statewide races.
Page emphasized that the votes are still in the computer system. She said officials failed to release the votes from the machine on which they were stored into the database where votes were tallied. She said she discovered the error Tuesday morning and results would be updated that afternoon.
"We apologize to anybody for this," she said. "After an election the boards of elections need their time and nothing is official until the board signs off and people need to understand that."
The number of uncounted votes is larger than the current margin of victory in statewide races for Commissioner of Agriculture and Superintendent of Public Instruction.
It is also larger than the margin of victory in several local races, particularly for the board of education.
Charlotte Observer | 11/09/2004 | 12,000 votes uncounted in Gaston
Address:
http://www.charlotte.com/mld/charlotte/news/politics/10137450.htm?1c
Starmail - 10. Nov, 21:54
