Deery picks up 1 more vote over Copenhaver, results could hinge on handful of provisionals in six counties
Official results won’t be known for more than a week, even as both candidates in the Trump-soaked race declared victory.
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DEERY PICKS UP 1 MORE VOTE OVER COPENHAVER, RESULTS COULD HINGE ON HANDFUL OF PROVISIONALS
The morning after two candidates declared victory in the race for the Republican nomination in Indiana Senate District 23, incumbent Spencer Deery picked up an additional vote to take the margin to four votes over challenger Paula Copenhaver.
Election officials in Tippecanoe County – one of six counties that include parts of Indiana Senate District 23 – recorded votes from five absentee ballots that had been dropped off at vote centers before polls closed at 6 p.m. Tuesday.
Among those five was one Republican ballot from Senate District 23, county clerk Julie Roush said.
The new unofficial tally: 6,336 to 6,331, in Deery’s favor.
Still in play in Tippecanoe County, though, are four provisional ballots – those cast but still requiring voters to provide a valid ID or other proof that they’re registered before they’re counted – and 11 mail-in ballots that have questions about missing signatures or other issues, county election officials said Wednesday. Voters have until noon May 13 to provide the necessary proof for their ballots to count.
