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-Election 2012 |
Voters Turned Away As Citizenship Box Creates Confusion At The Polls |
2012-08-08 |
Some voters have reportedly been turned away from the polls on Michigan's primary election day for refusing to fill out the new "citizenship" box on their ballot application. Jocelyn Bensen, Director of the Michigan Center for Election Law, said they've been taking calls from "It has been the number one issue that we received calls on this morning," Bensen told WWJ Newsradio 950. "And that's why we contacted the Secretary of State's office's again today, urging the office to issue a clarifying statement, which they finally did at around noon." A spokesperson for the Secretary of State's office said clerks at "some precincts" were reminded about how to handle the citizenship question. |
Posted by:Fred |
#3 #2, that question is racist... |
Posted by: M. Murcek 2012-08-08 09:55 |
#2 Next - the 'Are you alive' box. |
Posted by: Procopius2k 2012-08-08 08:00 |
#1 voters who decline to fill out the citizenship box must still be allowed to cast a ballot So the point of filling in the box was what, exactly? |
Posted by: Bobby 2012-08-08 05:58 |