MOSCOW, Idaho — Latah County will conduct a full recount of ballots cast in the November election, after elections officials identified 2,342 ballots that were not included in the election night totals.
“The discrepancy was discovered by the Latah County Clerk’s Office during its routine review of election results ahead of the official county canvass,” The Idaho Secretary of State’s office wrote in a press release. “While the ballots were counted by the county’s tabulation machines, results from a portion of early voting were not fully transferred to the election-night result reporting system. An initial review indicates that no outcomes were changed with the addition of the unreported votes.”
“This is a significant discrepancy in results, and we are taking it very seriously,” Secretary of State Phil McGrane wrote in the release. “Every Idahoan needs to have confidence that their vote counted, and we’re working closely with Latah County Clerk Julie Fry and her team to ensure the results are accurately reported, and every vote is properly accounted for.”
The Idaho Secretary of State’s Office will oversee the recount of all ballots in Latah County which will begin Tuesday morning at 9:30 a.m. at the Latah County Courthouse in Moscow. Candidates, members of the public, and the media are welcome to observe.
The release says the issue appears to be the result of a procedural error in reporting election-night results. The Secretary of State’s Office says it will continue working with Latah County to figure out what went wrong and prevent it from happening again in future elections.
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