AP says entry error briefly showed wrong Florida House totals

CBS Miami reports on Nicole Locklin's search for answers after changing vote totals upended her victory announcement.

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Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 230,553 views a day, 77 times a normal first day on this channel (2,991).

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CBS Miami's Joan Murray follows a victory announcement that proved premature: Democrat Nicole Locklin had declared a win on social media, only to see the reported totals change in her contest against Republican Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart.

The Associated Press says a data entry error briefly caused an incorrect vote total to appear for Locklin. Its statement, shown in the report, says the error was identified and corrected. No winner had been declared at the time of the broadcast.

That distinction matters: the explanation concerns an error in reported totals, not a finding that ballots disappeared. Locklin describes thousands of reported votes vanishing overnight and raises questions about outstanding votes. Murray reports that she has hired an attorney to look into the matter.

Reporting from the Broward elections office in Fort Lauderdale, Murray also hears from Supervisor of Elections Joe Scott, who welcomes scrutiny and says he believes his office conducted everything correctly. Locklin says she needs answers from Miami-Dade. Diaz-Balart, meanwhile, tells reporters: "I feel confident that we're going to prevail."

The report has drawn more than 300,000 views, far beyond CBS Miami's usual opening-day audience, along with an unusually busy comment section. Calls for a recount recur among viewers, while the central question in Murray's report remains how the incorrect total appeared and what the corrected results establish.

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