Jerome County to Reissue Ballots

JEROME, Idaho (KMVT/KSVT) —Jerome County has become aware that the first batch of absentee ballots for the general election contained a printing error. The short ballot title was missing on Proposition 1 and affected ballots were missing the following:

Measure to:

1) Replace voter selection of party nominees with a top-four primary;

2) Require a ranked-choice voting system for general elections.

Ballots were mailed starting September 20 and there have been a total of 484 absentee ballots mailed with the incomplete language.

Jerome County has corrected the error and is re-issuing ballots with the correct information and tracking them to ensure only one ballot will be counted per voter.

Jerome County Clerk Cyrl Lootens said, “We’re rescinding absentee ballots to everyone that we’ve already sent one to. So voters will be getting those in the mail. We plan to send those out today. So I would think by Monday or Tuesday of next week, everyone should be getting those.”

The Clerk’s Office says they’re tracking all absentee ballots to ensure only one ballot is counted for each person.

They plan to reach out by phone or email to any affected voters.

Voters should contact the Jerome County Clerk’s Office at 208-644-2714 or clootens@co.jerome.id.us with any questions.