MOUNTAIN HOME (Idaho Ed News) — Elmore County election officials failed to count hundreds of votes cast on Nov. 4, Idaho’s secretary of state announced Monday, potentially affecting the outcomes of close trustee races and ballot measures, including a supplemental levy and a school closure.

On Friday, the Elmore County clerk’s office notified Secretary of State Phil McGrane’s office of “a potential discrepancy” between the number of voters who went to the polls and the number of ballots that were counted. On Monday, McGrane’s office announced that about 300 ballots were “not tallied or included in the final results.”

“Needless to say, this situation is very concerning,” McGrane, a Republican, said in a news release. “We are taking this matter seriously and will pursue every available path

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