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Final Counts Put Wynn, Kramer Over Challengers
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"But it doesn't say which machine," Jurgensen said. "I suspect it was the" electronic poll book, a new technology used to check in voters.
In fewer than a dozen cases, precincts ran out of provisional ballots and had voters write on scraps of paper.
"We'd rather be slow, ponderous and accurate than to rush through this and get anything wrong," said elections board member Sam Statland, sitting at a table piled high with paper ballots. "Every vote is supposed to matter."
Meanwhile, candidates checked in almost every day for new tallies.
"I really think this was fate's way of toying with me, stringing me along to keep me humble lest I start getting cocky," Kramer said. "And it's worked -- my ego has definitely been in check."
Griffin took a different approach, leaving it all behind and taking his family on a scheduled trip to Bethany Beach, Del.
"It's not like I could look over their shoulders and check every ballot," he said. And besides, Kramer's lead had only widened as more votes were counted.
"So I told Kramer to call me if he heard anything and took off for the beach," Griffin said. "I mean, it's not like Bush versus Gore. There's no hostility, and we're not staying up every night chewing our nails."
"I mean, there's always a glimmer of hope, but by Tuesday when they did the absentee ballots, I had already logically accepted I had lost," he said.
Wynn said in an interview Friday night that he had been busy on Capitol Hill working on bills. "I haven't talked to Edwards. I'm just going on my regular schedule, trying to get work done," he said.
Of the elections errors that had led to voting problems and delays in results, he said: "I think the public's probably lost some confidence in our handling of elections. We have to figure out how to get it right by November."
Edwards, who had threatened to file a lawsuit over voting irregularities in Prince George's, said Friday night she was deciding whether to take any legal steps .
Staff writer Christian Davenport contributed to this report.
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