<sod >But with 99 per cent of precincts reporting â and 6,000 absentee ballots still unread â the Democrat lead at some points by less than 1,000Â votes.< eod>< sod > But with almost all precincts reporting â and 6,000 absentee ballots still unread â the Democrat lead wasÂ around 800 votes out of more than 220,000.< eod>