The Grand Fast Metropolis Clerk’s Workplace has introduced that it’s resending 100 absentee ballots after the unique ballots mysteriously disappeared within the mail.
Grand Rapids Metropolis Clerk Joel Hondorp revealed absentee ballots have been despatched out on September 26 however was later notified by 100 residents in northwest Grand Rapids that they by no means obtained them.
Hondrop shared, “It’s frequent for some absentee ballots to get misplaced as a result of the USA Postal Service has many transferring items.”
He added, “If a voter desires to know what the standing of their poll is, in the event that they haven’t obtained it, they will go to Michigan.gov/vote they usually can monitor their poll that method.”
Town of Grand Rapids, together with the USA Postal Service, are presently investigating the place these 100 lacking ballots went.
The 100 individuals who referred to as the clerk’s workplace to report not getting an absentee poll have new ones on the way in which and the outdated ones have been spoiled. https://t.co/irO1B4VSKZ
Round 100 folks on the northwest facet of Grand Rapids are confused after checking their mail and never discovering the absentee poll that they requested. The Grand Rapids metropolis clerk’s workplace despatched out absentee ballots on Sept. 26.
Joel Hondorp, the clerk for town of Grand Rapids, stated it’s frequent for some absentee ballots to get misplaced as a result of there are lots of transferring items at the USA Postal Service. Town and USPS are presently investigating the place these lacking ballots went.
The 100 individuals who referred to as the clerk’s workplace to report not getting an absentee poll have new ones on the way in which and the outdated ones have been spoiled. These voters will be capable of inform which one is the brand new one if there’s a increased quantity on the poll they usually may name the clerk’s workplace to substantiate whether or not it’s the proper one. Hondorp stated general his workplace has despatched out 32,000 absentee ballots in complete for this election. A majority of the 100 callers lived on the northwest facet of town.
Hondorp stated one of the best ways for all voters to maintain monitor of their absentee ballots is to look on the state’s voting web site. There you’ll be able to monitor when your poll was despatched and if it was returned.
Grand Rapids clerk resent 100 absentee ballots to northwest facet after authentic ballots went lacking pic.twitter.com/cRCk0oTBrE
