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Sen. Bernie Sanders is now projected to win 39 delegates in Colorado to Clinton's 27, meaning that even if Hillary Clinton walks away with all 12 superdelegates available in the state, the Vermont senator will make out no worse than tying for the state's 78 delegates. | AP Photo Sanders picks up another Colorado delegate as party admits error

The Colorado Democratic Party admitted this week that it misreported March 1 caucus results from 10 precinct locations, initially denying Bernie Sanders one delegate, and then informed Hillary Clinton’s campaign of the mistake without informing Sanders’ campaign or the public, The Denver Post reported Tuesday.

Sanders is now projected to win 39 delegates in Colorado to Clinton's 27, meaning that even if Clinton walks away with all 12 superdelegates available in the state, the Vermont senator will make out no worse than tying for the state's 78 delegates.

Should Sanders earn the support of one superdelegate, he would win a slim majority of the state's delegation.

The Denver Post reported that the error occurred when a party worker entered the wrong vote tallies into the party's interactive voice response system for votes collected from 10 precincts.

State Democratic Party Chairman Rick Palacio dismissed accusations of fraud in a Monday interview with the paper, chalking it up to a "reporting error."

In the March 1 vote, the party reported that Sanders received 54 percent to Clinton's 45 percent in Denver County, while as the report noted, the corrected figures give Sanders a 56.5 percent to 43 percent advantage. Thus, instead of the two candidates splitting the eight delegates evenly as first reported, Sanders will receive five and Clinton three.

"We are obviously pleased to essentially narrow the delegate lead by two delegates, one up and one down, it's a zero sum game," Sanders campaign manager Jeff Weaver told the Post, adding that it is "certainly disturbing that that information gets sent to one campaign and not to another."

Palacio told the Post that not telling the Sanders campaign "didn't necessarily affect (them). It was our mistake that ended up affecting the estimation on Hillary's campaign."