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Georgia voters set a record for a General Primary Election, with 1.91 million showing up and casting a ballot.

The DeKalb County Voter Registration and Elections (VRE) has the preliminary and unofficial votes cast for the Commission District 2 Democratic primary race.

Election workers started the hand count Sunday and continued Monday, finally wrapping up around midnight.

DeKalb County Voter Registration and Elections Director Keisha Smith said they made the decision to hand count the ballots Saturday after a candidate in the District 2 commission race alerted them to a tabulation issue.

The DeKalb County Voter Registration and Elections Department on Tuesday morning, May 31, announced the conclusion of hand counting ballots in the DeKalb County Commission District 2 race.

DeKalb VRE said a technical error likely caused by a candidate withdrawing from the race impacted result totals. They are now rescanning ballots in 40 precincts.

Monday, May 30, marked the start of another long, tedious day in the workshop of Democracy. 

The DeKalb County Voter Registration and Elections office will recount ballots from 35 of the district's 40 precincts following some confusion about the vote totals. 

The race for one DeKalb County Commissioner is not yet over, according to one of the candidates.