WINFIELD, W.Va. -- Putnam Circuit Judge elect Phil Stowers remains ahead in two of four Putnam precincts undergoing a recount today.
Circuit Judge Ed Eagloski requested a recount in four of Putnam's 48 precincts last week, after narrowly losing his re-election bid earlier this month.
Eagloski, the Republican incumbent, lost to Stowers by 351 votes. Stowers had 12,085 votes to Eagloski's 11,734.
Eagloski requested recounts in precincts 6-1,6-2, 8-1 and 8-2. The precincts are located at Hurricane Middle School and Conner Street Elementary School.
The County Clerk's office and the County Commission began the recount around 9 this morning. So far, clerks have completed recounts of optical ballots in precincts 6-1 and 6-2.
The recount found no discrepancies in precinct 6-1. Eagloski has 209 and Stowers 197 optical scan votes.
In precinct 6-2, Stowers is up one vote after the recount. Prior to the recount, Eagloski had 163 optical votes in the precinct and Stowers had 200. He now has 201.
Eagloski said today that he decided to pursue a recount because of an "anomaly" on election night, in which paper absentee ballots were duplicated in the election totals.
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