Whitman County is investigating how hundreds of election ballots went missing somewhere between the printing plant and voters’ homes.
County Auditor Sandra D. Jamison said she has verified that all the ballots were processed out of the Spokane printing plant on Oct. 16 and were scanned by the U.S. Postal Service into their system. But they do not know yet what happened to the roughly 250 ballots after that.
Jamison said she is working directly with postal officials in Washington to retrace the next distribution steps in hopes of finding out what happened.
“I certainly understand how frustrating it is for those of you who have not yet received a ballot,” she said in a letter to voters and the media.
The Whitman County elections staff is asking voters to call their office at 509-397-5284 if they did not receive a ballot, and another one will be issued to them. Any voter in any county who is missing their ballot may also print a replacement by signing in to vote.wa.gov.
“Rest assured that I am diligently investigating this matter. My goal is to make sure that every Whitman County registered voter receives a ballot and has the opportunity to participate in this election,” Jamison wrote.
