Wording on Hawaii ballot envelopes may lead to uncounted ballots
From Ballotpedia
10/23/2008
The current ballot envelopes to be used in Hawaii contain a typo that could result in Ballots not being scanned. On the privacy envelopes for absentee ballots, a set of instructions is printed detailing how to use them. The wording on step 2 is “2. After you have finished voting, remove the ballot stub by folding along the perforation and tearing carefully. Place the voted ballot(s), and nothing else, into this Secret Ballot Envelope and seal the envelope.” The (s) in this sentence may lead voters to place more than one ballot in a single envelope, In this scenario only one ballot would be counted. [1]
Hawaii GOP chairman Willes K. Lee would like for the office of elections to start an aggressive voter education campaign to let voters know about the typo, so they will not make this mistake. Rex Quidilla of the Office of Elections disagrees with Chairman Lee, stating "it is up to absentee voters to follow instructions and know better than to try to put more than one ballot in the envelopes. You have to follow instructions,” [1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Hawaii Reporter , Hawaii GOP Calls for Immediate Action on Latest Office of Elections Mishap ,10-23-08
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