US Elections 2008 - III

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<b>Mecklenburg, Wake find vote flaws</b><!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->MECKLENBURG & WAKE COUNTIES -- Vote tallies are changing in the state’s two largest counties, after certain ballots were counted twice in Mecklenburg and Wake counties.

The mistake didn’t change the outcome of any elections, but it is a cause for concern to election directors. For example, when Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama declared victory Tuesday night in North Carolina’s primary, <b>he was given approximately 15,000 votes more than he should have been. That’s 1 percent of all ballots cast.</b>

In Wake County, early and absentee <b>ballots were counted as part of the individual voters precincts and again as a whole. “So in essence, those voters were recorded double,” </b>said Cherie Poucher of the Wake Co. Board of Elections. It was around 37,000 votes.

In Mecklenburg County, <b>only absentee ballots – 2,400 in all – were doubled. “</b>It doesn’t change any of the results,” said Michael Dickerson of the Mecklenburg Co. Board of Elections. “All the winners are still the winners.”

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<b>"I don't know if it's in a piece of software that we were doing something wrong,” </b>said Dickerson. “We'll take full responsibility for it if it's our fault."

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This is just from two counties.
Had it Clinton, media would have made big scandal.