Ballot Shortage Causes Hour-Long Delays at Linwood Polling Site in Leavenworth County
County officials said the shortage affected the Linwood/Sherman H-38 ballot and left voters waiting more than an hour while replacements were printed.
- On Tuesday morning, Leavenworth County officials reported a ballot shortage at the Linwood Community Building, where voters encountered insufficient House District 38 ballots on Election Day.
- The Leavenworth County Election Office attributed the incident to an administrative error in ballot ordering, with poll workers reporting only 100 paper ballots were available initially.
- Wait times exceeded one hour, causing 10 to 15 people to leave without voting, according to voter Susan Schlag, whose 18-year-old son had to depart for a class at the University.
- Officials confirmed they printed 200 additional ballots and delivered them to the Linwood polling site, stating anyone unable to vote should contact the Leavenworth County Clerk for assistance.
- State election law guarantees that any voter in line by 7 p.m. must be allowed to cast a ballot, and officials issued an apology: "We sincerely apologize for this mistake.
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