The initial count from the election had Murphy leading by approximately 60 votes out of more than 150,000 cast.

A number of irregularities were identified during the initial count.

In this scenario, the ballot is primary and the electronic records are used only for an initial count.

In the initial count of the Republican primary vote on March 2, 2004, she led by just 62 votes.

Sometimes, there are numbers that have been transposed in the initial count.

With an initial count of 50 men, it was soon raised with 100 men.

If, after this initial count, no candidate has a majority of votes cast, a mathematical formula comes into play.

They knew that recounts only rarely reverse an initial count.

In the initial count, voters turned down the initiative, 775 to 770.

In the initial count, the first preference of each voter is counted and used to order the candidates.