Remember that Michigan Absentee Ballot I posted?

[Roland99]

Here's the response I got from them:


Greetings: This is in response to your recent email inquiry.

The ballot printing error is confined to a single precinct in Michigan. A very limited number of absentee ballots containing the error were released before the error was spotted as explained below.

On Monday, September 27, the clerk of the City of Alma received her ballots from her printer and filled her AV ballot requests.

On Tuesday, a voter called the clerk to advise that she had spotted a printing error. The error: the arrows corresponding to the presidential candidates were shifted down one position. As a result, there is no arrow pointing to Bush/Cheney -- and there is an extra arrow hanging off the bottom of the list. (The extra arrow points to the heading for the U.S. House race).

The error is confined to one precinct (Precinct #1) in the City of Alma. The clerk further advised that the ballot containing the error was sent to a total of 69 voters.

After learning of the error, the clerk contacted the printer and the Bureau of Elections. Arrangements have been made to reissue replacement ballots to the 69 voters as soon as corrected ballots can be obtained. The printer has advised the clerk to expect delivery on Monday, October 4.

Thank you for writing. Please do not hesitate to call this office if you have any questions.



Best Regards,

Michigan Department of State
Bureau of Elections

[ScreamingMeemie]

1. Thank you for the update Roland...and I hope they are telling the

truth. :hi:

[treading_water]

2. Good work!

Thanks for following up. Everytime something like this comes up, I just think of Florida in 2000 and get sick to my stomach all over again.

[gardenista]

3. So it WASN"T a photoshop hoax as claimed earlier? nt

[Roland99]

5. Apparently not!

But, they've corrected it and it appears not many people received that ballot.

[ParanoidPat]

4. Thanks Roland99!

We've got to run down every one of these reports! :toast: :evilgrin: