As early voters head to the polls, a picture has been making the rounds on social media claiming, “A very reliable good friend of mine just finished poll worker training, and they texted this to me … Your ballot will be disqualified if it is written on.”
LkldNow reached out to Polk County Supervisor of Elections Melony Bell to get the facts. She explained two scenarios that might lead to questions.
The first is simple: when a voter arrives at the polls, a clerk checks their photo ID and must fill out the stub above the ballot. “Sometimes, when a clerk is checking someone in, they may accidentally write beyond the stub and onto the ballot,” Bell said. “If that happens, the voter will be given a replacement ballot.”
A rejected ballot
The second scenario is related to Polk County’s optical scan voting equipment, which eliminates ballot handling and provides total ballot security, according to the Supervisor of Elections website…