04 November 2008

Dirty Tricks (or simple fraud) in Avery County?

One of the more hardcore of the western mountain counties in North Carolina is Avery Co. As red as red can get. Except for a large number of Hispanics, some of whom are citizens and can vote. I don't know the details of the following allegation, nor if it will hold up to scrutiny, but the source that e-mailed it to me is pretty reliable. FWIW, here it is, the instructions on the presidential ballot in Avery Co., North Carolina:

The Spanish instructions for how to vote are completely wrong. In Spanish it says "Para votar un candidate marque con una equis en el cuadro a la izquierda del nombre del candidate." Translation: "To vote for a candidate mark with an X in the square to the left of the name of the candidate.” This is the opposite of the English instructions. In English it clearly says that a vote will only be counted if the oval is filled in completely. An "X" will not be counted.


UPDATE: Seems that a complaint has been filed, embarrassing statements were made by the election officials concerned, and now the Wall Street Journal may be investigating.

Always willing to do my bit to embarrass public officials who screw up. Only a few more hours now.


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