Board of Elections rejects 123 primary ballots, will certify results May 19

SHEFFIELD TWP. — Citing a variety of errors, broken rules and regulations, the Lorain County Board of Elections on Thursday rejected 123 ballots that were cast in the May 5 primary.

The Board of Elections on Thursday voted to reject 87 out of 292 provisional ballots cast, or 30 percent, and 36 absentee ballots out of 3,840 cast, or 1 percent of those.

The 87 provisionals that were rejected were turned down for a number of reasons:

- 45 voters did not have proper, valid state or federal ID.
- 37 voters were not registered to vote in Ohio. You must be eligible to vote, registered at least 30 days prior to an election and keep your registration updated and current for your vote to count.
- Two voters gave invalid, incomplete addresses.
- Two voters cast ballots in the wrong precinct and wrong polling location. They told poll workers when they showed up at 7:30 p.m. on Election Day, just before polls closed, that there was not enough time to vote in the correct location. That's not a valid reason, elections officials said.
- One person double-voted, casting an early, in-person ballot first on April 14 and then again at the polls on Election Day, Deputy Elections Director James Kramer said.




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