NOTE: An earlier version of this blog incorrectly reported which numbers Appanoose County GOP chairman Lyle Brinegar believes are accurate. The numbers he referenced as accurate earlier today are those sworn in the affidavit by Moulton resident Edward True.
Mitt Romney received 20 fewer votes than are reported from a Moulton precinct in numbers posted by the Republican Party of Iowa, the Appanoose County GOP chairman said today.
The final vote between Iowa caucuses winner Mitt Romney was eight ahead of Rick Santorum.
?We stand by the figures that were presented by the Moulton precinct caucus,? said Lyle Brinegar, chairman of the Appanoose County GOP.
Matt Strawn, chairman of the Republican Party of Iowa, continued to express confidence Friday that the order of finish will not change. He said the party would make no further comment until its two-week vote certification process is complete.
Moulton resident Edward True has signed an affidavit saying that he helped count the vote at the Garrett Memorial Library in Moulton and that the precinct had two votes for Romney, not 22, as reported online by the state GOP.
Brinegar says True is correct.
?I?m not disputing what Ed True said,? Brinegar said.
Appanoose County has 12 caucus precincts. All but two had no votes or single-digit votes for Romney, while one had 20 votes and the Moulton site reported 22.
Drake University political science professor Dennis Goldford said the results ? even if the certification reveals a different answer ? will change little other than bragging rights.
Santorum, who for months remained in the single digits in polls, wildly beat expectations, and that is the real story, Goldford said. The caucuses don?t result in an actual election, so there?s no additional harm done in terms of having to eject a candidate from a position, Goldford noted.
However, there is potential for long-term consequences regarding the credibility of the Iowa caucuses, Goldford warned.
?It reinforces the view from other states that the Iowa caucuses are this unreliable, amateurish event,? Goldford said.
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