Election officials in Ohio's Franklin County discovered 588 uncounted ballots from Tuesday's special election in the state's 12th congressional district, and after they were counted, Democrat Danny O'Connor netted 190 votes. That cut Republican Troy Balderson's lead to 1,594 votes, with 3,435 provisional ballots and 5,048 absentee ballots left to be processed by Aug. 24. "The votes from a portion of one voting location had not been processed into the tabulation system," the Franklin County Board of Elections said in a statement, according to the Cincinnati Enquirer.
O'Connor hasn't conceded the race, in which a colorful Green Party candidate, Joe Manchik, picked up at least 1,127 votes. But Balderson still has the upper hand, The Columbus Dispatch explains:
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