Nearly 50,000 Franklin County Voters Received Incorrect Absentee Ballots

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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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[rzemanfl]

1. Wasn't that county really fishy in 2004? I can't remember for sure. n/t

[True Blue American]

2. Capital of Ohio

Columbus. Why am I not surprised. Well known as the State House Gang.

https://www.npr.org/2020/10/09/922305790/50-000-ohio-voters-to-receive-new-absentee-ballots-after-error-found

[4139]

3. Yep...2004...

“ 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]

6. I believe it was Warren County, outside of Cincinnati, that had a snafu of some type

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]

7. That is the county I was thinking of. Although it seems Franklin wasn't trouble-free either.

Thank you!

[Indyfan53]

4. PLEASE VOTE IN PERSON!

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

[idziak4ever1234]

5. Trump's only chance to win is to cheat... and it looks like they are doing a damn good job.