▁On ▁January ▁ 5 ▁following ▁the ▁c auc uses , ▁Des ▁Mo ines ▁radio ▁station ▁K CC I ▁first ▁reported ▁that ▁c au cus - go er ▁Edward ▁True , ▁stated ▁in ▁an ▁aff id av it ▁that ▁at ▁his ▁ 5 3 - person ▁c au cus ▁at ▁the ▁Gar rett ▁Memorial ▁Library ▁in ▁M oul ton ▁in ▁App ano ose ▁County ▁that ▁he ▁was ▁one ▁of ▁three ▁people ▁who ▁had ▁helped ▁in ▁counting ▁the ▁results ▁and ▁had ▁written ▁the ▁results ▁down ▁on ▁a ▁piece ▁of ▁paper ▁to ▁post ▁to ▁Facebook , ▁but ▁later ▁discovered ▁that ▁the ▁reported ▁count ▁was ▁in ac cur ate . ▁According ▁to ▁True ' s ▁aff id av it , ▁Rom ney ▁had ▁actually ▁received ▁just ▁two ▁votes , ▁but ▁had ▁been ▁cred ited ▁with ▁ 2 2 ▁votes : ▁" 5 3 ▁c au cus - go ers ▁had ▁cast ▁votes ▁in ▁his ▁prec inct , ▁rather ▁than ▁ 7 9 ▁as ▁reported ▁by ▁the ▁state . ▁The ▁ 2 6 - vote ▁difference ▁reflect s ▁what ▁he ▁says ▁were ▁ 2 0 ▁excess ▁votes ▁for ▁Mr . ▁Rom ney ▁and ▁six ▁for ▁Mr . ▁Ro emer ." ▁If ▁true , ▁this ▁would ▁change ▁the ▁state wide ▁results ▁from ▁an ▁eight - vote ▁victory ▁for ▁Rom ney ▁into ▁a ▁ 1 2 - vote ▁victory ▁for ▁Sant orum . ▁Stat istic ian ▁N ate ▁Silver ▁notes ▁that ▁Rom ney ▁had ▁performed ▁poor ly ▁in ▁other ▁App ano ose ▁County ▁prec inct s , ▁receiving ▁two ▁of