DuPage County Experiencing Ballot Complications
According the DuPage County Election Commission, election judges will need to remake some voter ballots after the polls close.
Oversized ballots are causing some trouble in DuPage County and across Illinois.
Some voter ballots in DuPage County are too large to fit into the machines that tally votes, which means election judges will need to "remake" the ballot, said Joe Sobecki, assistant executive director of the DuPage County Election Commission.
"Everyones' ballots will be fed through the machine in this election," said Sobecki.
The ballots that are too large for the machines will be placed in a locked box until the polls close at 7 p.m. At that time election judges, one from each party, will replicate those ballots and feed them through the machine to make sure each vote is counted, said Sobecki.
DuPage County is not alone in experiencing this issue. Illinois Review reported earlier that this ballot-size issue is affecting 65 of the Illinois' 102 counties, and is expected to cause delays in election results after polls close at 7 p.m.
Scott
4:47 pm on Tuesday, March 20, 2012
Another example of government at its best. I suppose it didn't occur to them that size matters.
NancyC
1:01 pm on Wednesday, March 21, 2012
Hilarious! Thanks for that.
Lombard Voter
6:46 pm on Tuesday, March 20, 2012
I find it rather disturbing that the ballots are now in English and Spanish.....here we go catering rather than making people adapt to language. It's bad enough that the schools send nearly everything home in English and Spanish but seeing where this is going it is only a matter of time before Spanish is primary and English is lagging. Let's see if they will be as accommodating to non-Spanish speakers....my gut tells me no.
Jim Court
7:04 pm on Tuesday, March 20, 2012
We are creating a dual nation. Home Depot recently started dual signage. It is not right. It also ignore all of the other cultures that have a significant number of people residing in this country. I have nothing against Hispanics. Many of them are hard working, family oriented people. Is there a hidden agenda by embracing Spanish so openly ? It would sure seem so.
Ken
10:02 am on Wednesday, March 21, 2012
In order to vote you must be a citizen. To be a citizen you must have an good understanding of the English language. So, why do we have ballots in dual languages? What am I missing here other than an attempt to have illegal immigrants, who don't understand English, vote?
NancyC
1:02 pm on Wednesday, March 21, 2012
Wonder how much this recent, unwarranted, change cost we the taxpayer?