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Davidson Election Commission Sued Over Ballot Mix Up

Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Dec 2, 2022
News Type: Election 2022

The Davidson County Elections Commission is being sued over a voting mix-up involving several precincts and the attorney general’s office will be handling the case on behalf of Metro, WPLN reports. The case was filed after more than 400 voters were given ballots for the wrong district during the November election. Elections Administrator Jeff Roberts told county commissioners this week that the mistake occurred during early voting and did not impact voters on election day. “From the [Oct.] 19th up until the first [of November], we had a group and those were given a ballot that was not consistent with the district that they should’ve been in,” said Roberts. “And then after we made some changes, we then had a few more that voted between Nov. 2 and the 5th that fell into that same category.” Those people were given a chance to vote again. However, those votes would only be counted if there was a close race or a recount, neither of which occurred. Going forward, Roberts said he will be working with the state to see how the mistake took place.

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