The Craighead County Election Commission is spending the day sorting out a voting discrepancy that could affect the Republican primary in the Craighead County Judge’s race. Last night’s computer issues affected 88 votes and 16 provisional ballots. A faulty flash card with the computer software tabulating system is to blame for the issue. The paper ballots that are recorded every time someone votes showed 88 more votes than what the computer software recorded. Officials are on the phone today with computer software company ENS trying to sort out the issue. The Craighead County Election Commission is expected to meet at one this afternoon at the courthouse election annex to run the numbers again and decide who won the race. At last count, Jeff Presley had 5,447 votes and Garry Meadows had 5,408 votes…that is a 39 vote difference. The winner will face current county Judge Ed Hill in November.
Craighead County Election Commission works on computer issues
