LAWRENCEVILLE - Gwinnett County officials have reprinted 19,000 absentee ballots after officials found a problem with the forms. They will also have to hand-copy votes from at least 10,000 absentee ballots onto new ballots that can be read by a machine.
Elections Superintendent Lynn Ledford said Thursday the issue will not interfere with votes being counted in the Nov. 4 election.
She said officials discovered the problem after a routine test last week. Ovals that voters use to mark their choices are too thick for the optical scanning machines to read.
The county said members of each political party will monitor the transfer of votes. Gwinnett County officials will also keep copies of both the old and new ballots in case of an audit.
Thursday
October 10th, 2024
8:17AM
