Missed Memory Card in Seminole County Flips Georgia House District 154 Result
A memory card that was never uploaded has flipped the unofficial result in Georgia's House District 154, and the Secretary of State has opened an investigation, officials in Seminole County in southwest Georgia confirmed on November 6.
During a routine post-election audit, the Secretary of State's office found that about 388 more voters had checked in to vote in person on Election Day in Seminole County than ballots had been reported. After the county election board was notified, officials determined that a memory card containing Election Day results had never been uploaded into the county's election management system. Once the card was added, Democratic challenger Harry James's 58-vote lead over Republican incumbent Gerald Greene was overturned, and Greene moved ahead by 262 votes in a district where 20,125 ballots were cast.
Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger announced the investigation on November 6 to determine why the card was missed, whether required election procedures were followed and what corrective steps are needed. If Greene's lead holds, Democrats will hold 92 of the 180 seats in the state House, just one more than the 91 needed to organize the chamber; Democrats won a narrow House majority in the November 3 election for the first time since 2005.
(Source: Election Law Blog)
Source: Election Law Blog
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