A hand count of ballots in a primary election race for the Georgia Public Service Commission found a discrepancy, but Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger determined it was not a problem.
The audit of results in all 159 counties for the District 2 Republican contest found one batch of 328 audited ballots had a discrepancy, but it was within an expected margin of error for a hand count.
Raffensperger, who attributed the discrepancy to human error, said the audit was supported by VotingWorks and their Arlo auditing software.
Incumbent Republican Commissioner Tim Echols won the June 17 primary with over 75% of the vote, easily defeating challenger Lee Muns of Columbia County. Echols, who lives near Hoschton in the Athens area, will take on Democrat Alicia Johnson of Savannah in November.
