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How does an ENTIRE MEMORY CARD FULL OF VOTES get left out of an election count?!?! A Georgia House race just FLIPPED from Democrat to Republican after election officials discovered hundreds of uncounted votes on a memory card that had never been uploaded into the system. Now Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger has launched an investigation into what he calls an “unacceptable” failure that could affect control of the state House. Republican incumbent Gerald Greene appeared headed for defeat in Georgia's House District 154, trailing Democratic challenger Harry James by just 58 votes. But during routine post-election checks, state officials noticed something didn't add up in Seminole County. Approximately 388 more voters had checked in at polling places on Election Day than the number of ballots the county reported as cast. When the Secretary of State's Office contacted local election officials, they discovered that an Election Day memory card had NEVER been uploaded into the county's election management system. Once the missing votes were added, the race completely reversed. Greene went from losing by 58 votes to LEADING by 262, a 320-vote swing that could change the balance of power in Georgia's state legislature. The reversal is particularly significant because Democrats appeared poised to take control of the Georgia House for the first time in more than two decades. If Greene's lead holds, Democrats would have just 92 seats in the 180-member chamber, only ONE seat above the 91 required for a majority. Raffensperger has ordered an investigation into how the memory card was overlooked, whether required election procedures were followed, and what corrective measures are necessary to prevent similar failures. “This oversight didn’t just affect the numbers — it changed who was leading an election,” Raffensperger said. “That is unacceptable, and we intend to find out exactly how it happened.” Greene, who was first elected to the Georgia House in 1982 as a Democrat before switching parties after 2010, expressed disbelief at the sudden reversal. “I’m in disbelief,” he said Friday. “And I hope it sticks.” The results remain unofficial, and Seminole County has until Monday to certify its vote totals. Meanwhile, another close House race remains within recount range, and a third is headed to a December 1 runoff. Georgia officials say the discrepancy was discovered because of routine election safeguards, but the failure raises serious questions about how an entire memory card containing votes could have been omitted from the initial count. If a routine check hadn't caught this discrepancy, would those votes ever have been counted? WHERE ELSE COULD THIS HAVE HAPPENED? #GeorgiaElection #ElectionIntegrity