Data Merge Problem Snags Washtenaw Results
Responding to a telephoned query from The Chronicle, Washtenaw County clerk’s staff explained a disparity between result totals indicated on the county’s website for countywide races in the Aug. 7 election primary, compared with the actual totals that can be obtained by performing the arithmetic sums of precinct results. For example, the total indicated on the election result website for 22nd circuit court judge candidate Jim Fink is 13,208, but the sum of the Fink column on the webpage is actually 11,717. All candidates totals, including those for Carol Kuhnke, Doug McClure and Erane Washington, show similar disparities.
According to the clerk’s staff, the disparity was due to a problem with merging the data for in-person ballots and absentee ballots for precincts in Ypsilanti … [Full Story]