Ron Paul’s campaign declared today they are confident he ultimately will win Maine’s Republican presidential caucuses, despite the fact that GOP officials already have declared Mitt Romney the winner of the straw poll.

Romney edged out Paul by about 3 percent last Saturday — at least that’s what the state’s Republican chairman declared early Saturday evening. However, the Texas Republican disputes these results, as several counties have yet to hold their caucuses and others’ votes weren’t counted in the total released Saturday.

More specifically, Paul is looking to win in Washington County, where voting was postponed due to a predicted 3 to 4 inches of snow.

Paul Campaign Manager Jon Tate called the postponement an “excuse.”

“In Washington County – where Ron Paul was incredibly strong – the caucus was delayed until next week just so the votes wouldn’t be reported by the national media today,” he said in a message to Paul supporters. “This is MAINE we’re talking about. The GIRL SCOUTS had an event today in Washington County that wasn’t canceled,” he added.

Washington County voters weren’t the only ones left out. Looking at the results released by the Maine GOP Saturday, it appears as though some communities that held caucuses before Feb. 11 were not counted. For Waldo County, a vast majority of vote totals are missing, despite the fact that results were sent to the state party on Feb. 7, Bangor Daily News reported.

Waldo County GOP Chairman Raymond St. Onge said it probably would not have affected the overall outcome of the poll, however, he was disheartened that the votes were not included, Bangor Daily News reported.

When the votes were tallied Saturday, Paul was 194 votes behind Romney, a margin the Ron Paul Campaign believes it can make up with Washington County’s 200 plus votes. The Washington County caucuses have been rescheduled for this Saturday, and others will be held in the coming weeks.

Maine GOP Chairman Charlie Webster said that while the outcome will likely stay the same, it is up to the state party committee to decide whether or not they will update the state’s preference poll to include these votes, the Bangor Daily News reported.

Exactly how much the vote matters, however, is a dispute in itself, as the Maine caucuses are non-binding.