By Rusty Weiss – redstate.org
Two bins containing the envelopes with ballots were improperly left in a ballot drop box on Election Day, according to ABC 15, and were discovered three days later.
The sealed bins were processed and tabulated within hours of their discovery. Of those, about 30 envelopes showed evidence of signature verification issues, according to AZ Central, and it was unclear how many remained unresolved and uncounted by the deadline.
Despite the fumbling of well over 2,000 Maricopa County residents’ votes, Jennifer Liewer, the county’s Deputy Elections Director, seemed unfazed by the error.
“Humans run our elections, our community members run our elections, and there are going to be mistakes that are made,” she shrugged.
“The important thing is that we have a process and a redundancy in our system to make sure that, when a mistake is made, we are able to quickly correct it,” Liewer added.
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