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1. Elections hot line receives Amendment One related complaints
Tue May 8, 2012, 04:58 PM
May 2012

By Vinayak Balasubramanian | The Daily Tar Heel
Updated: 2 hours ago

Complaints of voter intimidation and incorrectly issued ballots have been reported according to the North Carolina Election Protection Hotline. Many of the complaints have been related to the Amendment One referendum.

Elizabeth Haddix, staff attorney for the UNC Center for Civil Rights, said at least 20 complaints related to incorrect ballots were raised in the first five hours of voting. She said the hot line has received calls from people with these complaints in Orange, Dare, Cleveland, and Cumberland Counties ...

Haddix said she heard of several reports of adult voters receiving ballots without the Amendment One question. Ballots not containing the question are only for voters younger than 18.

In Chatham County, complaints have been made that Democrats in particular were issued ballots without the Amendment One question, Haddix said ...

http://www.dailytarheel.com/index.php/article/2012/05/4fa96d3a3dc6c

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