Madison Clerk's Office corrects error that sent duplicate ballots to voters
MADISON, Wis. -- The Madison Clerk's Office has corrected an error that sent multiple ballots to around 2,000 voters Monday. The error affected only voters in one ward and it was quickly caught and corrected.
The clerk's office has been contacting voters individually to inform them of the error, and to let voters know to submit only one ballot, and to get rid of the second ballot.
Duplicate ballots have identical barcodes so only one ballot can be counted. Once the barcode is scanned, the voting system does not allow a ballot with the same barcode to be submitted.
The voter is also marked in the poll book as having voted absentee, which is another safeguard against voters accidentally submitting two ballots.
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