State orders count of write-ins; Busby carries Escambia, Strange gets a few and Donald pulls two
Lee Busby got 37 votes, Luther Strange pulled in 18 and Donald Duck was even able to garner two votes in Escambia County during the special Dec. 12 election between Democrat Doug Jones and Republican Roy Moore.
Secretary of State John Merrill ordered election officials in every county to tabulate the write-in votes earlier this week. Merrill said state law requires the write-in votes to be tabulated if the number of write-ins is larger than the difference between the top two candidates. Unofficial returns showed Jones receiving 671,151 votes to Moore's 650,436 for a 20,715 margin. Returns also...