I want there to be a record of it," she said. "I don't want this to happen to someone else. Hildebrand said she hadn't filed a complaint with the state, but thinks she will. Such a complaint could be forwarded to the Franklin County District Attorney's office or the Franklin County Election Board for review, Aines said. Then the ballot would have been "spoiled" and Hildebrand would have been given the correct ballot, she said.īut once a ballot has been put into a machine for tabulating, it's too late to rectify the matter, Aines said.Īines said Hildebrand can file a complaint with the Pennsylvania Department of State, which oversees election matters.
The Franklin County website shows there were 37 primary votes for Democratic gubernatorial candidate Josh Shapiro in Hildebrand's precinct and 5 write-in votes for governor by Democratic voters.Ĭounty voting officials could not say specifically Friday how many poll workers are in each precinct but added there are typically four or five.Īines said Hildebrand could have taken the Republican ballot to poll workers to point out the error. The rest are voters of other affiliations, who were not able to vote Tuesday. Of that number, 673 are Republicans and 107 are Democrats, Aines said. There are 878 registered voters in Hildebrand's precinct, Guildford 4. She said Friday she had not had a chance to look into it. "I don't think it was intentional," she said.Īines said she would have to look through a couple poll books to see if anything similar happened to other voters. Looking ahead: Here's how the governor race in Pennsylvania shapes up with Josh Shapiro vs.
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As chief registrar, Aines handles voter registration and printing of poll books for the county.Īines looked through records for Tuesday's voting at the Heidelberg Fellowship Hall and realized that Hildebrand was given a Republican ballot.Īines attributed the mistake to "human error," adding that "a lot of the poll workers are older." Jennie Aines, Franklin County's chief registrar, said Thursday she recalls the county office getting a voicemail from a voter about an incident Tuesday. Hildebrand said she left a voicemail message with county elections staff. She called state officials, who told her to contact Franklin County elections authorities. Hildebrand said when she began watching Democratic primary election results coming in later that evening, she realized she should have been given a Democratic ballot. Still unsure what to do, Hildebrand said she voted for the Republicans she felt had the least chance of winning and pinned her hopes on being able to vote in a Democratic primary on a later day. Hildebrand said the poll worker told the man that only Republican candidates could be voted for on Tuesday and that the Democratic primary would be on a different day. "He asked the same question: 'Why are there no Democrats on this ballot?'" said Hildebrand. Hildebrand said she was not sure what to do since she is learning about the primary election process.Ībout that time, she heard another man speak to poll workers, she said.ĭoug Mastriano: Franklin County senator wins Republican PA governor nomination, will face Josh Shapiro in fall When she went to a booth to vote, she noticed she had been given a Republican ballot.
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