Action | 2014 Absentee Material Omissions |
Stage | Proposed |
Comment Period | Ended on 7/21/2014 |
When people register they use their name, perhaps with a Middle name or initial. Over time they may forget if they used their given middle name or maiden name yet it is still them or if they included the suffix Jr, II or whatever. Being nitpicky about such particulars, when it is already easy to identify that it is the registered person is disenfranchising and blatantly unfair. Someone may forget to include the “street” or “avenue” designation, does that really change the validity of the vote? It is important the every eligible, identifiable vote get properly counted and the Office of Elections needs to make sure these insignificant errors do not cause a vote to be discarded.