Major election error in South Georgia race

The stakes were low in the one-candidate race for Sumter County soil and water district supervisor, but still a major vote counting error has elections officials scratching their heads.  Sumter County elections officials gave all 1,750 write-in votes to Jeffery Clements, but only 127 of those votes were actually to him.  The others were mostly silly names, including Brad Pitt and Mr. Potato Head.  No harm, no foul?  Not so fast, elections watchdogs point out that a miscue of this magnitude could have major consequences in a tighter race, and that the state’s elections software should have caught the error, which has the Sumter County elections board SINKING…