Allen West Patrick Murphy race update: St. Lucie County will recount early District 18 race ballots [View all]
Auditor finds box of uncounted ballots
By: Jonathan Mattise, Scripps Treasure Coast Newspapers
FORT PIERCE — A split St. Lucie County canvassing board Friday night voted to recount all of the county's early ballots for the District 18 race, a decision Allen West 's team applauded and Patrick Murphy 's called illegal.
The decision came after a state elections auditor found a box of 306 early ballots that never were counted. David Drury, head of the Division of Elections Bureau of Voting Systems Certifications on hand for the audit, made a "personal" recommendation that the board rerun ballots from five early voting days that hadn't been counted. The board decided instead to count all eight days, which includes three days that had been recounted.
Drury and two more state auditors are studying St. Lucie's elections practices and will write a report on their findings at a time to be determined.
In the tight District 18 race that narrowly favored Democrat Murphy, the legal tussle started in a St. Lucie County courtroom and ended with the canvassing board deciding to recount all early ballots. The retabulation kicks off at 9 a.m. Saturday at the supervisor of elections office, with a tight window to finish since the board has to finalize results to send to the state by Sunday at noon. The state certifies all races Tuesday ...
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