Monday’s decision came three weeks after Election Day, and a week after the board had certified election results in 98 other House seats. In the third case, a federal judge rejected Democrats’ request for a temporary restraining order to block the state board from certifying the 28th District election. “The State Board acknowledged today what we have long known: the election results in House District 28 are marred by irregularities,” said Marc E. Elias, attorney for Cole and the House Democratic Caucus. At a meeting last week, state Elections Commissioner Edgardo Cortés said that former registrar Juanita Pitchford erroneously assigned 83 voters from the 28th House District to the 88th. After further investigation, he said the state had discovered a total of 384 misassigned voters, including some in the neighboring 2nd House District.

Source: Washington Post November 27, 2017 23:20 UTC