In a stunning reversal, Secretary of State Jim Condos on Wednesday threw out results from last week’s Progressive primary for governor after discovering a series of “human errors” in vote counting.
“In the rush to complete the August 28th primary canvassing report over the long holiday weekend, human errors were made in the calculation of write-in votes for the Progressive Gubernatorial race,” Condos (pictured) said in a statement.
Election officials in Hardwick and Walden apparently miscalculated tallies.
As a result, write-in candidate Annette Smith now trails declared winner Martha Abbott by just a single vote out of 735 ballots cast — not the 17-vote margin Condos had certified earlier this week.
Condos hastily scheduled a meeting of the Primary Canvassing Committee for Thursday afternoon in Montpelier to re-certify corrected results.
“As I grew up, my father always told me that if a mistake is made, own up to it, learn from it and move on!” Condos said in a statement.
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I hope the Progressive Party is paying for all this non-sense. Anybody else getting sick of paying for their pathetic “strategy?”