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Buncombe County election board disapproves 191 absentee ballots, flags postmark gaps and schedules canvas
Summary
At a March 12 meeting, the Buncombe County Board of Elections disapproved 191 absentee ballots, approved 26 supplemental military/overseas ballots and discussed 181 ballots received after the deadline, including 58 with no postmark and 132 that arrived March 5. The board set a canvas for the following morning.
The Buncombe County Board of Elections on March 12 voted to disapprove 191 absentee ballots and approved a supplemental list of 26 military and overseas ballots, while staff briefed members on a larger set of late-returned ballots and gaps in postmark data that the board forwarded to state officials and the U.S. Postal Service.
Board members moved quickly through routine business at the meeting and then heard from staff about a post-election sample audit and timelines for the next day’s canvas. Staff told the board that two randomly selected precincts used in the sample audit were hand-tallied and matched the machine tallies.
Aaron (elections staff) presented the board with a set of ballots the office had entered as returned after the deadline. He reported…
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