Georgia Election Upended By Memory Stick Votes Faces Imminent Deadline
Summary
Previously unreported results from a Seminole County memory card changed the reported outcome of Georgia House District 154, giving Republican Gerald Greene a 262-vote lead over Democrat Harry James. County officials faced a 5 p.m. Monday deadline to certify results, while the Georgia Secretary of State’s office investigated why the results were not initially included.Key Facts
- Officials found a gap of about 388 between Election Day voter check-ins and the ballots first reported in Seminole County.
- The newly processed results changed Greene’s reported position from 58 votes behind James to 262 votes ahead.
- Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger launched an investigation into the late upload.
- Seminole County Elections Supervisor Ron Foskey said the memory cards were accounted for on election night and that the system had not finished processing results from the final precinct.
- Greene has served in the Georgia House since January 1983.
- The revised result would reduce Democrats’ projected Georgia House seats from 93 to 92, which would still give them a majority.
- Another Georgia House contest, District 151, was scheduled for a December 1 runoff between Republican Mike Cheokas and Democrat Ethan Wolfe.
- Seminole County officials had to certify their results by 5 p.m. Monday.
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