We have corrected our results in HD85. Instead of a Democratic hold, Republican Karen Greenhalgh has a 202-vote lead over first-term Democrat Alex Askew. This is in recount territory, a margin of 7/10ths of 1% of votes cast. --> MORE
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With this change, GOP is +7 for the night, which would extend its House majority to 2 votes. (Continue thread for explanation of how VPAP got this wrong) -->
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A lot of newspapers ( and ) rely upon AP exclusively. As you can imagine, there is plenty of room for error. Over the years, we've seen instances during the night where the AP is right and DOE is wrong -- and vice versa. MORE->
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Our blend gives priority to the feed that has the most complete results, which is measured in the most number of votes. But sometimes more votes doesn't mean a feed is faster; it means the feed has inflated numbers by transposing numbers or some other error. MORE->
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Last night in HD85, the final AP results included a couple of thousand more votes than the DOE final votes. Our team failed to notice this -- and that is on us. We should have had systems in place to flag a situation like this. MORE->
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We apologize for the error and any confusion we caused. We know the stakes on election night are high and that people are counting on VPAP to get it right. We will learn from this and will never make this mistake again. Thanks for your patience and understanding.
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I'm sure all the Republicans who claim late arriving votes and votes changing overnight are clear signs of voter fraud and stolen elections will be outraged by this
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