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Recount Fallout in District 71 | Charleston News
A razor-thin six-vote loss in a Republican primary has sparked a high-stakes election dispute in District Seventy-one, where Delegate Laura Kimble is demanding a redo after a recount confirmed the result. The county commission is now weighing whether to uphold the outcome or order a full new election across fourteen precincts — or even call for a special election — after evidence surfaces that unregistered voters may have cast ballots by switching party affiliation temporarily. With a July 15 deadline, the commission’s decision could send this case to court or force a scramble to organize a…
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