Manual recount ordered in state rep race

Tuesday, August 27, 2002

JACKSON, Mo. -- Missouri's top election official on Monday ordered a manual recount of over 6,000 Republican ballots in the 157th District state representative race in Cape Girardeau and Perry counties that could involve election judges scrutinizing hanging chads.

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