A stimulus oversight error could dramatically impact the 2010 midterm elections, as recovery.gov unilaterally created 12 congressional districts in Washington D.C.

The web site lists billions of dollars being poured into 12 “congressional districts” in the Beltway.

It appears that the labels for the districts, including 00 and 99, were chosen at random. It is unclear what geographic entities, if any, the districts refer to.

A Watchdog study revealed 440 non-existent congressional districts within the stimulus tracking web site, recovery.org. The full report can be found here and below:

Recovery’s Phantom Districts –