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PoliticAverse

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Wed Sep 19, 2018, 05:49 AM Sep 2018

Georgia district is ordered to redo Republican primary election after voting errors

(CNN )A judge said he will order a Georgia Legislature district to redo a primary election between two Republicans because errors in voter data called the results into question.

The announcement came in response to a lawsuit filed by state Rep. Dan Gasaway that challenged the legitimacy of the election he lost by 67 votes to businessman Chris Erwin in May. Following his loss, Gasaway personally examined voter rolls and determined that "cross-contamination" in his district's voter information had led to at least 67 people voting in the wrong district, according to his lawsuit.

At a hearing for the case Tuesday in Northeast Georgia's Banks County, Judge David Sweat said it was unclear who the misallocated residents would have voted for, therefore a new election was required.

Read the rest at: https://www.cnn.com/2018/09/18/politics/georgia-legislature-district-voting-election-errors-primary-republicans/

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Georgia district is ordered to redo Republican primary election after voting errors (Original Post) PoliticAverse Sep 2018 OP
I don't think I've ever heard of an actual election 'do-over' before htuttle Sep 2018 #1
Me neither. Wouldn't this be a violation of some kind? joet67 Sep 2018 #2
How is there even time for another primary? The general is a month and a half away. bearsfootball516 Sep 2018 #3
Doesn't exactly seem practical. n/t PoliticAverse Sep 2018 #4
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