Wrong ballots distributed at Kan. voting site
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Posted: 08/10/2012
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By: Associated Press
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) -- - A northeast Kansas elections official says up to 87 voters at a Topeka polling place got the wrong ballots in this week's party primaries.
Shawnee County Elections Commissioner Elizabeth Ensley Deiter (DYE'-duhr) said Thursday the problem occurred because a poll worker didn't follow her training. Ensley dismissed the worker Tuesday afternoon while the primary was under way.
A Topeka church served as the polling place for two precincts that lie in different Kansas House districts. Both districts -- the 52nd and the 56th -- had a contested Republican primary that may have been affected by the mix-up.
Deiter says her office can't pinpoint which voters were given the wrong ballots. The Shawnee County Commission will decide next week how to respond as it certifies election results.
Copyright 2012 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
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