Reply #17: They really need to come up with a better way to format their data.

[jhgatiss]

I think this arises from the fact that in congressional election years they allocate the ballots by congressional district rather than precinct. Since the precinct lines don't jive with the congressional district lines, votes get reallocated to another precinct where they belong. (I think.) At least that's how I read the Cuyahoga county's BOE website explanation. Then there's that absentee ballot "parking" business too. I just ignore Cuyahoga county. They seem to have some odd procedures to account for everything. :)