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The Maine Republican Party is asking county and town chairman to resubmit vote totals from last week's presidential caucuses after reports of missing and incorrect vote totals have thrown Mitt Romney's narrow win over Ron Paul into question.

A significant revision in the vote totals could be the second high-profile embarrassment for a state Republican party in the still-young campaign, after Iowa Republicans announced more than two weeks after their first-in-the-nation caucus that, in fact, Rick Santorum had defeated Mitt Romney. Romney had edged Santorum by eight votes in results released by the party on election night.

“We are confirming the totals from the presidential preference straw poll,” an e-mail from the Maine GOP sent Thursday said, according to the! Portland Press Herald. “Can you please email me the totals from your towns?”

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