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Dare County election board certifies Canvas results despite one-vote discrepancy; board documents incident for legal clarification
Summary
The Dare County Board of Elections certified Canvas election results after staff reported 3,407 ballots cast and a one-vote discrepancy in voter history. The board documented an incident in which a voter returned an unmarked ballot after taking possession and agreed to seek formal legal guidance and update training.
The Dare County Board of Elections voted to certify its Canvas election results on a contested item and documented an incident report after staff flagged a one-vote discrepancy in the voter history.
Elections staff told the board the tabulator tapes and summary reports show 3,407 ballots cast across reporting groups (absentee by mail 32, provisional 2, early voting at Kill Devil Hills 684, BOE early voting 458, plus six election-day tabulator tapes) while the compiled voter-history screenshot shows 3,408 entries — a single-vote difference. “When you take those totals … you’re gonna come up with 3,407,” elections staff said, noting that the voter-history screenshot pulled from the state system showed one additional ATV entry.
The discrepancy stems from an incident in which a voter completed check-in, was given an ATV and a…
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