GOP absentee ballot applications wrong
Source: Minot Daily News
GRAND FORKS (AP) - About 20,000 absentee ballot applications mailed by North Dakota's Republican Party did not request information required by state law, but Secretary of State Al Jaeger wants county auditors to accept them anyway.
The applications, which were mailed Sept. 19, did not ask voters to supply their birth dates or drivers license identification numbers. Last year, the Legislature added those requirements to North Dakota law to make it easier for local election officials to check applications against a state voter database.
Jaeger, who is a Republican, asked county auditors last week to process the forms, saying prospective voters should not be punished for someone else's mistake. Auditors said Monday they were not rejecting the forms.
''The important thing is to get the ballot to the voter,'' Jaeger said. ''The county auditors will bend over backwards to accommodate the voter.''
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GRAND FORKS (AP) - About 20,000 absentee ballot applications mailed by North Dakota's Republican Party did not request information required by state law, but Secretary of State Al Jaeger wants county auditors to accept them anyway.
The applications, which were mailed Sept. 19, did not ask voters to supply their birth dates or drivers license identification numbers. Last year, the Legislature added those requirements to North Dakota law to make it easier for local election officials to check applications against a state voter database.
Jaeger, who is a Republican, asked county auditors last week to process the forms, saying prospective voters should not be punished for someone else's mistake. Auditors said Monday they were not rejecting the forms.
''The important thing is to get the ballot to the voter,'' Jaeger said. ''The county auditors will bend over backwards to accommodate the voter.''
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