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Effect on Summit results unclear after mail mixup
By Rick Armon Beacon Journal staff writer
Published on Friday, Sep 14, 2007
Absentee ballots that arrived late for Tuesday's local primary election due to a mixup by the U.S. Postal Service will not be counted, the Ohio Secretary of State's Office said Friday.
State law says that absentee ballots must be in the hands of elections workers when polls close, spokesman Jeff Ortega said.
The Summit County Board of Elections has been instructed not to count those ballots that were delivered late through no fault of the voters.
More than 200 absentee ballots were delivered a day after the election because of a mistake by the Postal Service, which has apologized for the mishap. Some of the ballots were postmarked before Tuesday and some were not postmarked at all.
Nearly all of the ballots were mailed over the weekend or Monday and failed to be processed through the main Akron post office, postal spokesman David Van Allen said.
''We shoot for 100 percent overnight delivery in Akron out of the hundreds of thousands of pieces processed,'' he said. ''Those pieces didn't make it through.''
It's unclear whether the uncounted ballots could have affected the outcome of any races although two Akron City Council contests are separated by less than 13 votes.
Van Allen said the affected voters bear some responsibility.
''We encourage customers when they have something this important not to wait until the last minute or consider using express mail because that's guaranteed overnight delivery,'' he said.
Rick Armon can be reached at 330-996-3569 or rarmon@thebeaconjournal.com.
Absentee ballots that arrived late for Tuesday's local primary election due to a mixup by the U.S. Postal Service will not be counted, the Ohio Secretary of State's Office said Friday.
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