COLUMBUS – A late addition to voting tallies in central Ohio’s congressional special election has further tightened the race.
Ohio 12th U.S. House District special election
Total votes cast: 202,251
Troy Balderson (R)….101,772
Danny O’Connor (D)….100,208
Joe Manchik (G)…1,127
Absentee ballots……..5,048
Provisional ballots… 3,435
-Source: Associated Press
The Franklin County Board of Elections said Wednesday afternoon that a routine preliminary audit identified hundreds of additional votes cast in precincts in Worthington.
The elections board says the tally included 388 votes for Democrat Danny O’Connor and 198 for Republican Troy Balderson, narrowing Balderson’s lead by 190 votes.
Unofficial vote tallies before those ballots were announced had Balderson leading by about 1,750 votes, with the race too close to call.
Franklin County Elections Board spokesman Aaron Sellers says votes from a portion of one voting location weren’t processed into the tabulation system.
Elections boards must still count hundreds of absentee and provisional ballots in the race before the final results are known.