In Scotts County, Minnesota, 21 missing ballots were “likely disposed of” in a race that Democrat Rep. Brad Tabke won by 14 votes.
According to CBS:
According to a preliminary report released by Scott County Attorney Ron Hocevar on Wednesday, Scott County election officials found a 21-vote discrepancy between voter check-ins and ballots received in Shakopee when reviewing election results. Of the uncounted ballots, 20 were in Precinct 10 and one was in Precinct 12A …
All of the missing ballots were within Minnesota House District 54A, where a recount and subsequent certification found DFL Rep. Brad Tabke won by 14 votes over Republican challenger Aaron Paul.
The missing ballots surpass the margin of victory by six ballots.
The margin of victory was miniscule, but the significance of the race couldn’t have been any greater. Democrats (Officially the “Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party”) held a 70-64 majority before the November elections, and the House will now be split 67-67 for the next two years (the second time this has ever happened in the State’s history). Or in other words, this race cost Republicans a razor-thin majority in the State House.
It sure is interesting how these sort of “errors” are always in the Democrats’ favor, isn’t it?
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