The margin of Republican Troy Balderson’s lead over Democrat Danny O’Connor in the special election in Ohio’s 12th district is already slim, but according to Ben Jacobs of the Guardian it could be about to get a little tighter, for this reason:
Per a Dem source, a counting error in a Franklin County precinct will close the margin in #OH12 by 190 votes down to 1564 from 1754
— Ben Jacobs (@Bencjacobs) August 8, 2018
Here’s what some local election officials say has happened:
Worth noting that the issue wasn't that any votes were wrongly counted, simply that some votes from one polling place weren't fully tabulated https://t.co/grfhFOlLHe
— Ben Jacobs (@Bencjacobs) August 8, 2018
Full release from Franklin County about the additional votes identified from last night's special election in #OH12 pic.twitter.com/0btTBRxywj
— Ben Jacobs (@Bencjacobs) August 8, 2018
Hmm…
Shocking https://t.co/pA8MibheHD
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) August 8, 2018
Well will you look at that. Magically in a highly Democratic County there seems to have been a "counting error" in favor of the Democrat.
How convenient. https://t.co/x6qXvgza56
— Meier Ben Avraham ❌ (@hebrewservative) August 8, 2018
https://twitter.com/RealJacobPerry/status/1027310607819792384
Where’s it all headed?
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They going to pull an Al Franken type heist? https://t.co/RRtd7vCqb3
— Matt Revel (@Matt_Revel) August 8, 2018
So is Ohio 12 settled or did Al Franken find more ballots in the trunk of a car?
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) August 8, 2018
All right! Now they're only 8 more precinct errors and a car trunk full of votes from pulling this thing off. Also…
RUSSIA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! https://t.co/j2gmfMlD1p
— Regs (@r3gulations) August 8, 2018
Ha! Alyssa Milano totally agrees!
The margin needed for an automatic recount is 1,012. And incidentally, the space-alien Green Party candidate got 1,127. https://t.co/u9CPzhWGIT
— David Martosko (@dmartosko) August 8, 2018
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