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Related: About this forumVoters complain they were given wrong ballot in Winston-Salem
By: Bertrand M. Gutiérrez | Winston-Salem Journal
Published: May 08, 2012
Updated: May 08, 2012 - 3:43 PM
WINSTON-SALEM -- ...
Some ballots are designed specifically for 17-year-old voters, who may vote in the primary for candidates but not on the amendment if they turn 18 by the general election in November. They are not allowed to vote on the amendment because that issue is being decided today.
Those ballots, which do not contain the option to vote on the amendment, were given to the wrong people, election officials said.
Four people complained, Coffman said. In all the cases except one, the voters were later given the correct ballot.
Weve talked to all the poll workers again and told them that they need to be getting the right ballot to the right people, Coffman said. We talked to all 101 chief judges about it. ...
http://www2.journalnow.com/news/2012/may/08/9/marriage-amendment-draws-voters-polls-winston-sale-ar-2256492/
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(118,379 posts)By Vinayak Balasubramanian | The Daily Tar Heel
Updated: 2 hours ago
Complaints of voter intimidation and incorrectly issued ballots have been reported according to the North Carolina Election Protection Hotline. Many of the complaints have been related to the Amendment One referendum.
Elizabeth Haddix, staff attorney for the UNC Center for Civil Rights, said at least 20 complaints related to incorrect ballots were raised in the first five hours of voting. She said the hot line has received calls from people with these complaints in Orange, Dare, Cleveland, and Cumberland Counties ...
Haddix said she heard of several reports of adult voters receiving ballots without the Amendment One question. Ballots not containing the question are only for voters younger than 18.
In Chatham County, complaints have been made that Democrats in particular were issued ballots without the Amendment One question, Haddix said ...
http://www.dailytarheel.com/index.php/article/2012/05/4fa96d3a3dc6c
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