On Tuesday afternoon, the Cobb Board of Elections certified the results of the November 8 election, declaring Madelyn Orochena the winner of a tight special election for Post 1 of the Kennesaw City Council. That result, however, stood for about 24 hours. Orochena now appears to have lost. Cobb’s certified results had shown Orochena leading the seven-candidate field, 16 votes ahead of Lynette Burnette in second place. In the brief period after certification, the city had invited the apparent winner to come in for an orientation, and a swearing-in ceremony was being planned, Orochena said. She had spoken with the city clerk, who was ordering business cards and name tags. But then, around 4 p.m. Wednesday, Orochena got a call from Cobb Elections Director Janine Eveler. There had been a mistake. While preparing for an audit, Cobb elections staff discovered that one of the two memory cards from precinct Kennesaw 3A — containing 789 votes — had not been properly uploaded before certification. The new results flipped the election, putting Burnette ahead by 31 votes. At a special-called meeting scheduled for 2 p.m. Friday, the Board of Elections plans to recertify the updated results. Orochena, meanwhile, has requested a recount from the county, and filed a complaint with the secretary of state’s office. The Atlanta Braves and their real estate arm will split from owner Liberty Media to become a publicly traded company. If the deal is approved by Major League Baseball and the...
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