Registration problems in Benton County
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October 29, 2008
Three residents of Benton County said that they were almost denied the right to vote because information on their registration was incorrectly changed. This included one man who was removed from the rolls because staff thought that he was dead.[1]
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Isolated Errors
The Benton County Auditor's Office said that the changes were due to human error, and that out of 86,000 registrations, they are doing "pretty good."[1] The three contacted the Tri-City Herald following a story the paper did on Megan Miller, whose registration became confused with a woman who had the same name and birthday.
Miller was able to vote in the primary, but never received a general election ballot. She later discovered that the other woman had changed her name and filled out a new voter registration card, which lead to the mix-up.
The three
Elizabeth Meyer's story was similar to Miller's. Meyer called the auditor's office and discovered that a different last name and address had been entered on her registration card. Likewise, Wanda Viaene's last name had been changed as well. The third was a gentleman named Reynaldo Hernandez. He was listed as dead and had been removed from the voter rolls completely after a man with the same name and age died in June.
The Auditor's Office has fixed the errors and all involved have received their ballots. However, Hernandez thinks there could be cause for bigger concern, "I think the biggest issue is I caught it, (but) how many other people aren't going to?"[1]
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 The Tri-City Herald "More registration problems found in Benton County," October 29, 2008
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