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I live in Contra Costa County, California. When my wife and I went to vote during the election, my wife's name "had a problem". A lady came out with a binder to
by kordless 10y ago
I live in Contra Costa County, California. When my wife and I went to vote during the election, my wife's name "had a problem". A lady came out with a binder to compare to the roll where people sign before grabbing their forms. I got my forms, but my wife was told she had to take an absentee ballot because her name was not in the binder, but was on the roll list. Her name was highlighted in the list on the roll that I signed, just above my name. My name was not highlighted and I was allowed to sign the roll and then get my ballot to vote. I only saw a few pages of the roll, but there were at least three people highlighted on the two pages that were open to signing. The other pages definitely had highlighted entries and my comment to my wife was something along the lines of "why is a substantial number of people highlighted?" when we first walked up.
After a bit of back and forth, someone in charge agreed to let her vote given she was in the roll book, which is the "truth" of who can vote and who cannot. One lady was still somewhat insistent she be given an absentee ballot. I'm still wondering about it today given all the claims around "hacking".
- DrScump 10y agoBut an "absentee" ballot and a conventional paper ballot are processed the same. Could you instead mean to say a provisional ballot?