Surry County's Board of Elections held its required hand-to-eye sample audit Thursday morning in Room A of the Surry County Service Center, a day before Friday's canvass that certifies the Nov. 3 results.
Under state law, bipartisan teams recount ballots from randomly selected precincts and compare the results with machine totals. This year the board audited the U.S. Senate race in the Stewarts Creek #2 and Eldora precincts. Minor variances are noted and reported to the state board with an explanation, and can stem from human error in the hand count, voter error on write-ins or improper marking of a ballot.
Provisional ballots reshaped the 5th Congressional District race this week. Chuck Hubbard led by 99 votes on election night, Virginia Foxx briefly moved ahead as counties reported provisionals Tuesday, and by Thursday morning Hubbard was back in front by 335 votes. Surry County reported the third-highest number of provisional ballots in the district, and the race was expected to be called during Friday's canvass.
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