There is a recount going on in New Hampshire and most of the numbers are checking out (more or less) but Ward 5 in Manchester has a curious result.
| Diebold Result |
Hand Count |
|
| CLINTON | 683 | 619 |
| EDWARDS | 255 | 217 |
| OBAMA | 404 | 365 |
A look at the Secretary of State’s site shows that, in the same 5th Ward, McCain lost one vote and Romney and Huckabee’s numbers were identical. So, what happened on the Democratic side?
In most wards the candidates are picking up a couple of votes, probably because the machines couldn’t read the ballots. But losing votes is a real head scratcher. We’ll have to see if more wards show up with screwy numbers and whether there are any statistical relationships that emerge between those districts.
Whatever the end result of the recount, somebody needs to do a thorough investigation of what happened in Manchester’s 5th Ward.
