A stunning election-night reporting discrepancy in southwest Georgia has triggered a state investigation after hundreds of votes were left out of the initial unofficial results in a closely watched legislative race. The revelation dramatically changed the standings, turning what initially appeared to be a Democratic victory into a Republican lead.
The controversy involves Georgia House District 154, where longtime Republican incumbent Gerald Greene was initially trailing Democratic challenger Harry James following Tuesday’s midterm elections. However, after election officials accounted for an additional 388 ballots from Seminole County, the race took an unexpected turn.
James had initially appeared to defeat Greene by 58 votes, placing the longtime lawmaker in danger of losing his seat.
But the updated numbers told an entirely different story.
