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NBC KornackiCam Result Shows Talarico with 91.9% Votes
NBC KornackiCam briefly showed James Talarico with 91.9% of Tarrant County votes but corrected to 59.8% within minutes.
In brief
NBC KornackiCam briefly showed James Talarico with 91.9% of Tarrant County votes but corrected to 59.8% within minutes. NBC KornackiCam's Tarrant County vote tally showed James Talarico with 91.9% of votes but corrected to 59.8% after a data entry error. Originally reported by Lead Stories.
KornackiCam Result Discrepancy
NBC KornackiCam briefly showed James Talarico with 91.9% of Tarrant County votes.
“WHEN THE STEAL IS TOO OBVIOUS AND YOU SCRAMBLE TO FIX IT!”
Data Entry Error Confirmed
The discrepancy appears to be a missing digit in Ken Paxton's vote count.
NBC Analyst Questions Numbers
Steve Kornacki immediately questioned the numbers, saying they seemed out of whack.
“Can we put a pin in this and just get some clarity here? ... This seems out of whack. Sometimes that happens ... Sometimes there can be sort of data entry errors, these sorts of things.”
Revised Tarrant County Tally
NBC corrected Talarico's votes to 59.8% with Paxton at 38.8%.
Data Entry Error Explained
Someone dropped a digit when entering Paxton's vote total from 224,403 to 22,403.
The short version
NBC KornackiCam's Tarrant County vote tally showed James Talarico with 91.9% of votes but corrected to 59.8% after a data entry error.
