WABASHA, Minn. – Messed-up Wabasha County ballots that included the wrong race will be invalidated, said County Administrator Michael Plante. The ballots listed State House District 20-A. It should have been 20-B. The flawed ballots had been mailed to Zumbro Falls residents. How many wasn’t immediately clear. It was thought to be a few dozen at most. Plante said replacement ballots will be mailed out as soon as they are printed. Both 20-A and 20-B lapse into Wabasha County, but Zumbro Falls is within 20-B’s boundaries. The mix-up occurred in the office of Francie Warren, the county election supervisor. Plante, as county administrator, said that the error was brought to his attention Tuesday by callers from Zumbro Falls and that Secretary of State Steve Simon in St. Paul was notified promptly. Plante said the auditor-treasurer’s office would be spoiling any bad ballots received from Zumbro Falls. “There’s no possibility of accepting ballots with the incorrect information,” he said. Plante blamed the misprinted ballot on human error.
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