By Associated Press
Louisville, KY – Republican Hilda Legg is planning to ask the state to recanvass votes in the razor-thin election results in the GOP primary for secretary of state in Kentucky.
Bill Johnson finished ahead of Legg by about 1,100 votes with 100 percent of precincts reporting statewide in unofficial results tallied by The Associated Press in Tuesday's election.
Legg said Wednesday she's looking for assurances that every vote was reported accurately.
She said the primary results will be certified Friday. She said she intends to request the recanvass after reviewing those official results.
A recanvass involves double-checking math and looking for human errors in data entry.
Lexington lawyer Alison Lundergan Grimes won the Democratic nomination for the job as Kentucky's chief elections officer.