It appeared that our endorsed Steve Smith lost his election by a fraction of 1 percent, But, the press is now reporting that phantom votes have been found in Tarrant County.
Smith, with virtually no money, went up against Don Willett (who was appointed by Gov. Perry with NO expreience) who amassed over $600,000 of special interest dollars.
Excluding Tarrant County, Steve Smith, PET Inc Attorney and Texas Supreme Court Justice candidate, is leading statewide by three thousand votes.
Candidates and the local Republican Party are pressing the Tarrant County election administrator to count all the ballots properly, once. She says she wants to do it -- but the lawyers at the Secretary of State's office and the local D.A.'s office are stopping her. Dallas News reports:
"County officials said the only race potentially affected was the close contest between GOP incumbent Don Willett and challenger Steve Smith for the Texas Supreme Court Place 2 seat. It's not clear yet whether the new numbers would alter the outcome of that race.Read more here:
David Rogers, campaign manager for Mr. Smith, said his candidate is considering asking the secretary of state for a recount. Mr. Smith originally lost by 21,000 votes, but the margin is now fewer than 5,000.
By early Wednesday, the Tarrant County Web site reported that 98,324 people had cast ballots in the GOP governor's race. The actual number was 28,374."
http://www.dfw.com/mld/dfw/news/14075420.htm
and here: http://www.dfw.com/mld/dfw/news/14051304.htm
Stay tuned.
Sal Costello
Founder of Austin Toll Party & Texas Toll Party
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