Virginia county’s 2020 election flub 'worked in favor' of Trump: report

11 January 2024

When the case against former Prince William County Registrar Michele White was dropped Thursday, January 11, the Virginia "county’s elections office revealed that the tabulation errors actually worked in favor of former President Donald Trump," according to Virginia Mercury.

Per the report, The Prince William elections office in a statement Thursday "said Trump received 2,327 more votes in the county than he should have, and President Joe Biden was 'shorted' 1,648 votes. The swing of a few thousand votes did not affect the overall outcome of the race in Virginia, where Biden won by more than 450,000 votes."

The news outlet notes state Republicans "have pointed to" White's prosecution by state Attorney General Jason Miyares "for allegedly fudging 2020 vote counts as the strongest evidence available that fraud was a real concern in the last presidential contest."

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The elections office Director Eric Olsen said in the statement, "The reporting errors were presumably a consequence of the results tapes not being programmed to a format that was compatible with state reporting requirements. Attempts to correct this issue appear to have created errors. The reporting errors did not consistently favor one party or candidate but were likely due to a lack of proper planning, a difficult election environment and human error."

He added, "Mistakes are unfortunate but require diligence and innovation to correct. They do not reflect a purposeful attempt to undermine the integrity of the electoral process and the investigation into this matter ended with that conclusion. We have worked to bring transparency to the reporting of an election that happened three years ago. … The public should have faith in the thousands of tireless public servants and volunteers who preserve and protect our democracy.”

Virginia Mercury's full report is here.

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