Washington County, Maine, which put their caucus off for a week because of a snow storm, added their votes to the total Saturday. Ron Paul gained 83 votes, but not enough to take the win from Romney. The vote total was also updated to reflect votes that were not included when the party initially tallied the votes. In fact, Romney leads now by slightly more than he did after the original vote count. From CNN:
Romney has consistently led despite changes in the vote tally. Last Saturday, Maine Republican Party Chairman Charlie Webster declared Romney the winner over Paul by 194 votes. On Friday, the Maine GOP updated the caucus results by including some votes that were originally missing and correcting clerical and other errors in the tallies. The updated numbers showed Romney maintaining his win by a slightly bigger margin, 239 votes.
Webster told CNN there is a recommendation by a Maine GOP committee to the group’s larger executive committee to include Washington County’s vote results in a March 10 accounting.
