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Santorum Wins Iowa
But the full count might never be complete.
http://www.humanevents.com/artic…Not that it matters, straw poll BS.
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The Des Moines Register calls this “a tie for the ages.” I can think of some other, more colorful phrases to describe it.
There are too many holes in the certified totals from the Iowa caucuses to know for certain who won, but Rick Santorum wound up with a 34-vote advantage.
Results from eight precincts are missing — any of which could hold an advantage for Mitt Romney — and will never be recovered and certified, Republican Party of Iowa officials told The Des Moines Register on Wednesday.
GOP officials discovered inaccuracies in 131 precincts, although not all the changes affected the two leaders. Changes in one precinct alone shifted the vote by 50 — a margin greater than the certified tally.
The certified numbers: 29,839 for Santorum and 29,805 for Romney. The turnout: 121,503.
So fifteen days later, Iowa authorities still can’t count 121,503 votes accurately, but they’re kinda thinking maybe that Santorum fellow ended up 34 votes ahead