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So you actually had preprinted ballots? I have talked to several people (all Polk County) and NO ONE had an official ballot...it was all torn up pieces of scrap paper. Like I said, our location had a few of them.

This has gone on for years, and if widely known (which I am sure it is amongst campaign types) it’s not hard to imagine some extra votes getting thrown into the mix. How would you ever know? We had out of state campaign people there for several candidates. It’s not run by the SOS, and the party certainly isn’t going to admit...”hey, we had 300 votes but only 275 signed in.”

It just seems odd that such a potential (or actual) problem is not addressed when it would be as simple as making people use an official ballot.

That sounds unacceptable. I would be really upset had that happened in my area.
I am in Dallas County; possible the county organizations don't do as good of a job in some counties.

We have to do an excellent job with these elections. If not; people lose faith in the integrity of the process and the assurance that their votes count.
I took it extremely seriously when I volunteered for that reason.