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(46 posts) Wed Oct 17, 2012, 10:17 PM Oct 2012

Maricopa voter suppression

Maricopa County Elections Department admits error on date of general election on voter ID cards

http://www.abc15.com/dpp/news/region_phoenix_metro/central_phoenix/Maricopa-County-Elections-Department-admits-error-on-date-of-general-election-on-voter-ID-cards

The Maricopa County Elections Department mistakenly listed the wrong date of the upcoming general election on an official government document.

The error appears on a document containing a voter ID card.

In addition to the ID card, the piece of paper it comes in lists other information such as important election dates.

In the corner of the document, it says November 6th in English but in Spanish it reads 8 de Noviembre, the 8th of November. Election day is November 6th, not November 8th.

Charlotte Walker of Sun City received one of the voter ID documents with the incorrect date.

Typically the documents are mailed out to voters but Walker picked hers up in person at the Maricopa County Recorder's Office in downtown Phoenix.

A spokesperson for the Maricopa County Elections Department said they've traced the mistake to those documents distributed over the counter.

The Elections Department spokesperson assured ABC15 the only people affected by the mistake are those who received their voter ID card document in person at the recorder's office and not through the mail.