Pierce
County is mailing corrected ballots to 1,422 voters in the new 10th
Congressional District who received a faulty ballot due to a printing error.
Those voters originally received a misprinted ballot
containing candidates for the 6th
Congressional District. The printing vendor confirmed the error and indicated
it was isolated to two precincts in South Tacoma, Parkland and Spanaway.
During the printing, the back plate was not changed, so two precincts were
printed with the wrong back.
Pierce
County printed more than 504,000 ballots for the Nov. 6 General Election.
Along
with the new ballot, the 1,422 voters will receive a letter alerting them to
the error and instructing them to return the correct ballot. The Pierce
County Elections Division has put in controls to prevent the counting of the incorrect ballot as
well as steps to ensure the correct ballot will be tabulated.
How this happened:
- Pierce County’s
General Election ballots are two-sided. There are 521 fronts that
contain the same issues (state and county measures and president). The
only difference is the precinct number. There are 49 different back
styles that are printed on those fronts. Offices that change on the back
side of the ballot include congressional districts (four), state
legislative districts (eight), County Council districts and other local ballot
measures.
- The printer is
responsible for printing the right front with the correct back.
- When Pierce County
receives the ballots from the printer, the quantity of each ballot style
is checked. Workers also check to make sure the ballots are printed correctly,
but that process failed for these two precincts.
- After this problem was
brought to our attention, we immediately re-checked each ballot type to
ensure it was printed correctly.
Voters
still have plenty of time to vote for their 10th Congressional
District choice and have their vote counted.
Voters
with questions can contact the Elections Division at 253-798-VOTE (8683).
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