WKOW-TV: Botched Ballots Flagged Weeks Ago

WKOW-TV Madison:

Madison School District employees are unlockinging ballot boxes at polling places, and stocking them with reprinted ballots for the school district referendum election.

Normally, this would be a job for specifically trained city workers.

Assistant City Clerk Sharon Christensen says she does not have the staff to stock ballots this quickly, this close to an election.

She's also worried about handing off this job. "I'm a little uncomfortable."...

School district officials budgeted $90,000 for this election. Officials said they are still waiting for a cost estimate on the reprinting of 84,000 ballots, but said it could as much as $50,000. The ballot amount reflects an expected turnout of 21% of eligible, registered voters.

Posted by Jim Zellmer at May 23, 2005 9:57 PM
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