Not that it really matters at the end of the day, but a voter counter suggests that a counting mistake may have given Romney the win.
DES MOINES, Iowa — Caucus night was chaotic in many places, with hundreds of voters, candidates showing up and the throngs of media who followed. The world’s eyes were on Iowa. But in the quiet town of Moulton, Appanoose County, a caucus of 50 people may just blow up the results.
Edward True, 28, of Moulton, said he helped count the votes and jotted the results down on a piece of paper to post to his Facebook page. He said when he checked to make sure the Republican Party of Iowa got the count right, he said he was shocked to find they hadn’t.
“When Mitt Romney won Iowa by eight votes and I’ve got a 20-vote discrepancy here, that right there says Rick Santorum won Iowa,” True said. “Not Mitt Romney.”
True said at his 53-person caucus at the Garrett Memorial Library, Romney received two votes. According to the Iowa Republican Party’s website, True’s precinct cast 22 votes for Romney.
“This is huge,” True said. “It essentially changes who won.”
The results haven’t been certified yet and mistakes happen. I mean we are talking a few votes here. But it is certainly an interesting thing to keep an eye out.
True went on to say…
True — who said he’s a Ron Paul supporter — hopes it was a simple mistake.
“I imagine it’s a good possibility that somebody instead of hitting 2 might have hit 22 by accident,” True said. “I hope so.”
But he said he won’t stop talking about it until the state — by his count — gets the numbers right.
“Numbers that I personally witnessed being counted and assisted in counting and am certain are right,” he said.
They need to get it right of course, but Santorum got all he needed from Iowa. An actual win is almost irrelevant at this point. But it would still be nice.
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