Sept. 26 (UPI) — More than 2,000 voters in the Wisconsin capital city of Madison received duplicate absentee ballots in the mail, as the city admitted it “was a mistake.”
Madison city officials said 2,215 duplicate ballots were sent out across 10 wards. After admitting the error, city officials claimed the duplicate ballots have identical barcodes and cannot be counted twice.
“This was a mistake,” said Madison city spokesperson Dylan Brogan. “On the day we found out a clerical error occurred, we immediately reached out to voters.”
The ballot error in the Democratic stronghold, which happens to be in a battleground state, is prompting calls from Republicans, including Wisconsin Rep. Tom Tiffany, to investigate…