The Pima County Recorder鈥檚 Office says it sent nearly 1,300 voters in 蜜柚直播 a ballot for the wrong political party ahead of the Aug. 5 primary elections.
蜜柚直播 voters in Wards 3, 5 and 6 should check their ballots, the office said Monday, as 1,294 voters 鈥渕ay have inadvertently received the wrong party ballot.鈥
The issue was discovered late last week after three voters told the Recorder鈥檚 Office they received a mail ballot for the wrong party, the office said.
鈥淭he error was a result of a need for Recorder鈥檚 Office staff to override a mechanism within the data system that prevents party changes during an active election,鈥 the office said in a news release without elaborating.
鈥淭he override was necessary because of the overlap of three elections: the Congressional District 7 Special Primary, the City of 蜜柚直播 Primary and the City of South 蜜柚直播 Special Recall,鈥 the release said.
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A spokesman for the Recorder鈥檚 Office, after agreeing to speak Tuesday afternoon with the Star, then declined to answer questions about why the system needed to be overridden.
鈥淰oters impacted by the error are still eligible to get a ballot at any Ballot Replacement Site now through (Aug. 5) Election Day,鈥 the office said.
To find voting locations to get a replacement ballot,
Voters who have already submitted their ballot or who vote at a replacement site can request a provisional ballot, the office said.
To check your voter registration information, check the Pima County Recorder鈥檚 Office鈥檚 at .
It鈥檚 not the first election-related error the Recorder鈥檚 Office has encountered recently.
In April, the office had to ask about 30,000 voters to provide proof of citizenship to rectify 鈥渁 decades old error鈥 for some people who registered to vote through the 蜜柚直播 Motor Vehicle Division.
And last October ahead of the general election, an addressing problem caused the Recorder鈥檚 Office to delay some 267,000 ballots being sent out.
