Some envelopes for mail ballots in my county had party affiliation on them

[Oeditpus Rex]

And the county clerk thinks it's no big deal. Apparently, neither does the "newspaper."


Concerned Hollister resident Deb Wianecki, who brought the problem to the elections officials' attention, contends the issue is of great importance.

"(The ballot) goes through many hands before it gets the scanning machine ... It's for the security of all voters," Wianecki said.

Due to a 2007 change in California Election Code, return envelopes for general elections cannot have political party affiliations on them. The code allows, however, for parties to be listed on the envelope during a primary.

Gonzalez said this was an error with the envelope printer and said that when officials learned of the error, all ballots were sent without parties listed on the envelopes. He doesn't see this problem as much of an issue because something like this happens in every election due to human error - he said it doesn't affect a person's ability to vote.

(Emphasis added.)

http://www.freelancenews.com/news/250260-countys-return-envelopes-wrongly-included-party-names

[msongs]

1. unless certain parties' ballots are dumped in the trash of course nt

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2. Couldn't one use a black marker to cover up the "Democrat" or "Republican" word or identifier on the

envelope?

[Dogmudgeon]

3. It's S.O.P.

In many places, a certain number of vote-related forms are pre-marked. I've generally seen it on registration forms. You ask for the form from the appropriate party and the clerk gives/sends you one that's partially filled out by party choice.

It's usually kosher.

BUT ... all vote-related activities MUST be strongly supervised to prevent "mischief". ALWAYS.

ANY system can be gamed if there is no oversight.

--p!