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(16,273 posts)
Fri Oct 9, 2020, 03:37 PM Oct 2020

Nearly 50,000 Franklin County Voters Received Incorrect Absentee Ballots

https://radio.wosu.org/post/nearly-50000-franklin-county-voters-received-incorrect-absentee-ballots#stream/0

Nearly 50,000 Franklin County Voters Received Incorrect Absentee Ballots

By GABE ROSENBERG • 3 HOURS AGO

The Franklin County Board of Elections has determined that 49,669 voters throughout the county received an incorrect absentee ballot this week – accounting for almost 21% of the ballots mailed out to voters.

In a press release Friday, the election board said it's started the process of printing and mailing replacement ballots to every voter who received the wrong ballot. Those ballots will be sent through the U.S. Postal Service within 72 hours.

"We want to make it clear that every voter who received an inaccurate ballot will receive a corrected ballot," the board said. "Stringent tracking measures are in place to guarantee that a voter can only cast one vote."

The election board also plans to mail informational postcards to all impacted voters telling them about the problem and what to do next. Voters can verify the information on their ballot here.

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Nearly 50,000 Franklin County Voters Received Incorrect Absentee Ballots (Original Post) sl8 Oct 2020 OP
Wasn't that county really fishy in 2004? I can't remember for sure. n/t rzemanfl Oct 2020 #1
Capital of Ohio True Blue American Oct 2020 #2
Yep...2004... 4139 Oct 2020 #3
I believe it was Warren County, outside of Cincinnati, that had a snafu of some type No Vested Interest Oct 2020 #6
That is the county I was thinking of. Although it seems Franklin wasn't trouble-free either. rzemanfl Oct 2020 #7
PLEASE VOTE IN PERSON! Indyfan53 Oct 2020 #4
Trump's only chance to win is to cheat... and it looks like they are doing a damn good job. idziak4ever1234 Oct 2020 #5

4139

(1,981 posts)
3. Yep...2004...
Fri Oct 9, 2020, 04:01 PM
Oct 2020

“ An electronic voting machine in hotly contested Ohio added 3,893 votes to President Bush's tally in a suburban Columbus precinct, even though there are just 800 voters there.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/06/politics/campaign/glitch-found-in-ohio-counting.html

No Vested Interest

(5,208 posts)
6. I believe it was Warren County, outside of Cincinnati, that had a snafu of some type
Fri Oct 9, 2020, 11:42 PM
Oct 2020

on election night 2004, and closed down for several hours.
The problem was never really explained and and the mystery remains to this day, and to this day casts suspicion on the results of the 2004 election, especially as regards Ohio's vote total.

Perhaps the NYT has Columbus confused with Cincinnati in this instance, or believes Warren county is near Columbus. It's about 80 or 90 miles away.

rzemanfl

(30,308 posts)
7. That is the county I was thinking of. Although it seems Franklin wasn't trouble-free either.
Sat Oct 10, 2020, 08:42 AM
Oct 2020

Thank you!

Indyfan53

(482 posts)
4. PLEASE VOTE IN PERSON!
Fri Oct 9, 2020, 04:17 PM
Oct 2020

I feared things like this would happen. November is going to be a disaster.

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