A vote-counting error caused some votes to be double-counted and could flip the outcome of a school board race in New Jersey, according to two candidates involved in the race.
Election Systems and Software said that a reporting error was discovered during the Nov. 8 election in Monmouth County, occurring when votes were uploaded via a flash drive. The company, known as ES&S, is the vendor for Monmouth’s election equipment.
The company described the issue to the New Jersey Globe as an “isolated incident occurred due to a human procedural error,” and “an audit of the system yielded this information.” The Epoch Times has contacted ES&S for comment….