Weber County says up to 167 mail ballot envelopes held two ballots
Clerk Ricky Hatch said a printer error caused the doubles, five have been caught so far and none were counted.
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Up to 167 mail ballot envelopes in Weber County may have gone out with two ballots inside, Weber County Clerk/Auditor Ricky Hatch said Tuesday. That is about 0.1% of ballots countywide, and Hatch said the number of voters actually affected is likely "far below 100."
The machine that stuffs ballots into envelopes put two into some of them, and the printer's checks missed it before mailing. Five duplicates have been caught so far, all after a voter reported getting two, and none were counted.
Hatch said returned envelopes are measured for thickness, three election workers watch each one opened, and each batch's ballot count is matched against voter histories, so a voter whose two ballots both come back still gets one vote. "I'm not worried about a duplicate vote getting past those," he said.
Election Day is Tuesday, Nov. 3.
Sources
- KSL: Some Weber County voters received duplicate ballots, but clerk says count will remain accurate ksl.com
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