Edison Research is a third party that provides vote counts to CNN, and a data-entry error led to the problem, according to the spokesperson. The mistake was corrected within three minutes, and that is what accounts for the change in numbers in the CNN clip. The first vote count in the clip reflects the data-entry error: 673,948 votes for Beshear and 662,235 votes for Bevin. The vote initially displayed in the clip was a mistake that was caused by an Edison Research data entry error. The numbers were quickly updated to correct the mistake, and that correction had nothing to do with official vote counts.

Source: CNN August 02, 2022 16:33 UTC