Reply #20: How about this for the Most Under-Reported?

[Wilms]

Keating concedes election

By Eric Harkreader, December 13, 2005

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Early results wrong

The recount is the latest chapter in a race that seemed to end quietly on election night, when Keating was named the unofficial winner by nearly 200 votes.

However, a programming error by the county’s ES&S voting machines awarded all votes by Democrats casting a straight-ticket ballot to Keating. The problem involved a software coding error in which Keating’s political affiliation was mislabeled as Democrat.

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http://www.cumberlink.com/articles/2005/12/13/news/news06.txt

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Recount

By John Hilton, Nov 10, 2005

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“As they were getting the counts in on election night, we had a couple people watching the monitors and somebody noticed Kathy Keating coming in as a ‘D,’” Eichelberger says. “We knew right away that we needed to be looking at something there.”

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http://www.cumberlink.com/articles/2005/11/10/news/news02.txt


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