KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Clay County Election Board is blaming a programming error for incomplete data in Tuesday night's election results.
Despite Tuesday results showing all precincts had been reported in the county, a further review of the results revealed that several precincts contained no votes.
In a statement posted Wednesday on its website, the election board said the vendor responsible for a programming error on the tabulation machine was investigating the cause of the issue. The error could affect three races in the county.
A recount of votes will be conducted at 1 p.m. on Thursday.
Read the election board's full statement below:
During the verification process discrepancies were discovered in the 08/04/2020 Primary Unofficial Election Results. It was later discovered there was a programming error on the tabulators that affected some races. Our vendor is still investigating the cause of the error. The Election Board along our vendor Adkins Printing will be conducting a recount at 1 pm on 08/06/2020, Adkins will be assisting in the verification process. All election results are unofficial until we have completed the verification process.
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