Recount Flips State House Election for Democrat by 1 Single Vote – This is a Massive Blow

One Massachusetts House of Representatives district may have had one of the closest races in modern election history. Democrat Kristin Kassner took a one-vote lead over incumbent Republican Rep. Lenny Mirra after an…

IJR SyndicatedDec 12, 20223 min read

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“It’ll absolutely be a legal challenge,” Mirra said of his plans to to contest the election, pointing out various alleged improprieties that could potentially reverse the outcome of a contest decided by a single vote.

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“Yesterday, in Rowley, they were able to use five spoiled ballots that all went to my opponent,” the incumbent said of the recount. “In no other town did they let us use spoiled ballots.”

Mirra also suspects several mail-in ballots were counted when envelope signatures didn’t match their intended voter.

The Republican says a state legislative redistricting process left him vulnerable in the election, which went poorly for MassachusettsRepublicans.

“I got totally screwed in this redistricting. I lost five of my seven towns.”

“Usually, a rep district changes by maybe five percent or 10 percent,” Mirra said of his new district. “It’s an unheard-of amount of change for my district.”

Democrats increased their partisan majority in the Massachusetts House and elected a Democrat to replace departing Republican Gov. Charlie Baker.

Another closely contested Massachusetts House election is likely to end up in the courts.

Democrat Margaret Scarsdale leads Republican Andrew Shepherd by 11 votes in the 1st Middlesex District, according to Politico.

An ongoing recount has thinned Scarsdale’s lead from 17.

This article appeared originally on The Western Journal.