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Two days ago when the official vote count was captured, Republican Claudia Tenney was ahead by only 12 votes in her bid to unseat incumbent U.S. Rep. Anthony Brindisi (D-NY).
The two faced off this fall in the 22nd Congressional District election.
“Until now, the results of the House race have been shrouded in secrecy. For some counties, it was their first public disclosure of final vote totals in the 22nd District race since the Nov. 3 election, almost a month ago,” Syracuse.com reported when the official vote was registered earlier this week.
Now that lead is in jeopardy after the Chenango County found 55 uncounted ballots.
“Those ballots were apparently mislaid and never counted,” Chenango County Attorney Alan Gordon said in an email sent to state Supreme Court Justice Scott J. DelConte.
According to Syracuse.com, 11 of those ballots were thrown out.
Chenango County is highly Republican. The county voted for Trump by over 70 percent.
The votes have not yet been counted, but it could possibly swing the election Brindisi’s way and cast further doubt on the election process.
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