Seminole County Election: Uncovered Card Shifts Lead
A memory card holding roughly 388 uncounted votes flipped the race for State House District 154, putting the Republican incumbent ahead by 262 votes.
By Victoria Hayes ·
Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger's office launched an investigation after staff discovered a memory card containing uncounted ballots from Seminole County. The finding emerged during a post-election audit that compared check-in records against reported vote totals. Officials identified a gap where approximately 388 voters were recorded as checking in on Election Day, yet those ballots did not appear in the final count.
The discovery changes the outcome of the State House District 154 race, which had not been certified. Democrat Harry James previously led incumbent Republican Gerald Greene by 58 votes. The addition of the newly found ballots gives Greene a lead of 262 votes. The Secretary of State’s office has set a deadline of Monday for the Seminole County Board of Elections to certify the final results for that district.
Raffensperger’s team is determining how the storage device was missed during the initial processing. The investigation will assess whether standard election procedures were followed and identify necessary steps to prevent similar oversights in future cycles. The office notified the local Board of Elections of the discrepancy immediately after the audit team flagged the numerical mismatch.
Seminole County officials did not respond to media inquiries by Friday afternoon. Journalists from WCTV reached out to the Board of Elections for a statement but could not reach a representative. The county remains responsible for submitting the corrected data before the state deadline expires this week.
