Well. The Benton County Election Commission has discovered that 897 votes cast at the Centro Christiano church polling place were not counted.

The results were transferred to a thumb drive. 40/29 reports, and it was left in a bag that was put in another bag and overlooked. A commission official is quoted as saying those votes won’t have an impact on any race on the ballot when they are finally added later today.

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Blue Hog Report has described this precinct as having the heaviest Hispanic vote in the city. 

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