Leif Jeffers has filed suit contesting the results of the Public Defender's race in the 8th Judicial Circuit (which includes Campbell, Claiborne, Scott, Union and Fentress counties).

Jeffers thought he had won the race last week after supposedly defeating Martha Yoakum by 88 votes. However, as votes in Claiborne County were being canvassed to be certified a discrepancy was noticed that erased Jeffers' 88 vote lead and gave Yoakum an additional 12 votes--a 100 vote swing.

Jeffers is now claiming that work done by election officials at Claiborne County's Harrogate precinct was "a mess" and he is seeking to have the results nullified.

Claiborne County election officials do admit there's been a problem and labeled it "human error".