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shelshaw

(532 posts) Tue Oct 27, 2020, 01:20 PM Oct 2020

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Roughly one-third of mail-in ballots are being rejected in Tarrant County [View all]

Source: Dallas Morning News

Roughly one-third of Tarrant County’s mail-in ballots are getting rejected by ballot scanners due to illegible bar codes by the printing company, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram first reported.

The blunder could affect as many as 20,000 ballots, but every valid vote ultimately will be counted properly, Tarrant County Election Administrator Heider Garcia told the Tarrant County Commissioners Court Tuesday morning.

Read more: https://www.dallasnews.com/news/elections/2020/10/27/roughly-one-third-of-mail-in-ballots-are-being-rejected-in-tarrant-county/

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Roughly one-third of mail-in ballots are being rejected in Tarrant County [View all] shelshaw Oct 2020 OP

Paywall, can't read. Arkansas Granny Oct 2020 #1

Grrrr soothsayer Oct 2020 #2

"ultimately" - there's the vital word muriel_volestrangler Oct 2020 #3

This is misleading. They are not being read by the scanner, but the election officials Squinch Oct 2020 #4

Correct. Title need to be changed. I almost had another freakout. onetexan Oct 2020 #7

Illegible bar codes must be correlated to ballot addressees with Hispanic names. KPN Oct 2020 #5

That doesn't sound like the best headline. David__77 Oct 2020 #6

Well... cannabis_flower Oct 2020 #8

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