Voters had improperly filled out the outer envelope on the disputed ballots, which had been among about 27,000 left to be counted in the undecided 15th district congressional race between Republican Steve Stivers and Democrat Mary Jo Kilroy.
On Friday, the Ohio Supreme Court threw out about 1,000 provisional ballots from Democratic-leaning Franklin County that had been improperly filled out by voters in the tight congressional race in Ohio's 15th district--between Republican Steve Stivers and Democrat Mary Jo Kilroy.
The all-Republican court turned down Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner's motion to have the 1,000 votes counted by a count of 4-2. Since Brunner is a Democrat, many of her decisions and actions have come under scrutiny from Republicans that she is favoring Kilroy.
The 1,000 ballots in dispute had been improperly signed on the outside of the envelope or signed in the wrong place. There are still 27,000 provisional ballots that Franklin County elections board spokesman Ben Piscitelli said would be tabulated Saturday afternoon and likely certified by Monday.
Right now, Stivers leads Kilroy by 149 votes. Since this race is likely to be decided a double-digit margin of votes, a recount is likely. So we may not know the winner of this one until closer to Christmas. Oy.
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