Tulare County California voters receive duplicate midterm mail ballots

Thousands of voters in California received duplicate mail-in ballots ahead of the midterm elections, the New York Post reported. The error occurred when a printing company that has produced ballots for Tulare County for several years mistakenly doubled the orders. [1]

According to the New York Post, the printing mix-up affected nearly 8,000 voters in the county. That figure represents approximately three percent of the 227,000 registered voters in Tulare County. [1]

The problem disproportionately impacted the city of Tulare. The New York Post reported that about 23 percent of the registered voters in the Republican-leaning city, which has just over 34,500 voters total, received duplicate ballots. [1]

Electronic voting in the United States uses various systems, including scanners to read paper ballots and verify signatures on absentee envelopes, alongside databases to maintain voter rolls. The confusion surrounding the duplicate ballots spilled into the local registrar office as election officials worked to handle the mistake. [1][2]