Iowa: Confusion, Bad Ballots Hinder First Voting Days
by Lynn Campbell, Des Moines Register
The
first few days of early voting in Iowa were marked by complaints and
confusion as Republicans tried to turn the state's absentee-ballot
efforts to their advantage, and a costly mistake in northwest Iowa
caused hundreds of spoiled ballots.
…In
Plymouth County, the auditor's office sent a letter Monday to hundreds
of voters, informing them that about half the 758 absentee ballots sent
out Thursday inadvertently omitted the race for U.S. House District 5.
“They
made a fairly gross, glaring error not proofreading the damn thing,”
said David Rogers, a spokesman for Democrat Joyce Schulte, who's
challenging Republican U.S. Rep. Steve King. “They might want to bend
over backwards to make things right.”
The
mistake is expected to cost Plymouth County hundreds of dollars. Voters
who received the incorrect ballot should mark it “spoiled” and return
it to receive a correct one, said Jan Beck of the Plymouth County
auditor's office. However, voters who decide to use the wrong ballot
will still have their votes counted.
(Click here to read the complete article, which includes information about a new Grassley/absentee ballot controversy.)
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