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-Steph-

(409 posts)
Tue Nov 6, 2012, 12:41 PM Nov 2012

Rhode Island Precincts Receive Wrong Ballots

The Associated Press reports:

Rhode Islanders were facing long lines and, in at least two polling places, the wrong ballots as they began voting Tuesday in a hotly contested congressional race and on whether to allow the state’s two slots parlors to turn into full-fledged casinos.
Officials said the incorrect ballots were delivered by the state Board of Elections for two polling places, West Kingston Elementary School in South Kingstown and Elks Lodge in West Warwick. Voting was delayed in each location, and some voters left without casting a ballot, according to town officials.

The correct ballots were later delivered.

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Rhode Island Precincts Receive Wrong Ballots (Original Post) -Steph- Nov 2012 OP
How can there be soooo many screw ups? meadowlark5 Nov 2012 #1
Some stiff jail sentences might put a stop to this vote hijacking. nt ladjf Nov 2012 #2

meadowlark5

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1. How can there be soooo many screw ups?
Tue Nov 6, 2012, 12:46 PM
Nov 2012

Seriously. Something needs to be done about this. The incompetence and stupidity and deliberate mishandling of elections needs to be addressed by the federal govt and standardized. This is just getting ridiculous.

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