Major mix-up with absentee ballot request forms

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(N.M.)
Grant County clerk Marisa Castrillo confirms 14,649 absentee ballot request forms went out with the wrong first names on them. Castrillo blamed it on an error with the vendor, American Election Services, who sent them out.

"This is an unfortunate mistake but it was a mistake that was caught early and it doesn't have any bearing on the overall integrity of the election," said Secretary of State Spokesman Alex Curtas.

He maintains a person will only be able to vote once. Curtas says the vendor is mailing out new absentee ballot request forms Monday and isn't charging the county because it was their mistake.

Many voters in Grant County still voiced their concern. Jose Ray says six members of his family received the incorrect ballot request forms. He says he's not voting by mail.

https://www.koat.com/article/major-mix-up-with-absentee-ballot-request-forms-politics-new-mexico-election/34064919

[2naSalit]

1. Wonder who this vendor really is...

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And what their security credentials are.

[left-of-center2012]

2. And if they are a Trump supporter

[SoCalNative]

3. Owned by someone named James Raitt

American Election Services, LLC (AES) was founded in 2009 in Rockville, Maryland by James J. Raitt to provide independent inspector of election, tabulation and certification services for corporations, organizations, and associations. As a veteran Inspector of hundreds of routine and contested shareholder meetings, Jim was aware of the greatly varied levels of service provided by different individuals in the industry and demanded from inception that AES Inspectors provide uniform and complete Inspector of Election services to each of our clients.

As a result, despite the company doubling in size every two years, each of our Inspectors of Election still provides all the ballots and associated paperwork well before the meeting, then arrives an hour prior with internet connectivity, laptop, and a portable printer requiring no special setup requirements and can usually finalize all the paperwork on-site.

If complete, consistent and uniform services is the first principle American Election Services was founded upon, teamwork was the second. Contests are handled by our contest team, depositary receipts and foreign private issuers are managed by our international specialist and electronic voting by our electronic voting specialist. The industry has too many nuances for any one individual to be good at everything, so AES is structured so that every inspector has a support system giving him, or her, access to the experience of everyone else.

With inspectors located nationwide, American Election Services can provide this high level of service with minimal travel expenses.

http://www.americanelectionservices.com/about-aes.html