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RandySF

(77,787 posts)
Sat Oct 4, 2025, 04:19 AM 10 hrs ago

Dearborn to reissue corrected absentee ballots after discovering printing error

DEARBORN – Voters who already received absentee ballots by mail for the November 4 election will be sent new, corrected ballots by October 11, after officials discovered a printing error in the initial batch distributed last week.

The city clerk’s office had begun mailing absentee ballots to voters listed on the permanent absentee ballot roster, as well as those who submitted early requests. All of these voters will now receive a corrected ballot in a blue-and-white envelope, clearly marked with a fluorescent label reading: “Please vote using this updated ballot.”

Voters who received the initial ballot but have not yet returned it should discard it and wait for the corrected version. Those who already mailed in their first ballot will still have the option to vote again using the corrected one. In that case, the city clerk’s office will automatically void the earlier ballot upon receipt of the new one. If a voter does not resubmit using the corrected ballot, their original ballot will still be counted.

“We want to assure voters that the reprinted and corrected ballot will not affect the security, accuracy or results of the upcoming election,” Dearborn City Clerk George Darany told residents in a statement.



https://arabamericannews.com/2025/10/03/dearborn-to-reissue-corrected-absentee-ballots-after-discovering-printing-error/

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Dearborn to reissue corrected absentee ballots after discovering printing error (Original Post) RandySF 10 hrs ago OP
It is unbelievably stupid for the "proof" process moniss 4 hrs ago #1

moniss

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1. It is unbelievably stupid for the "proof" process
Sat Oct 4, 2025, 09:41 AM
4 hrs ago

to not be done with something as important as ballots. That process is as old as the hills and is used every day by competent businesses etc. when they are having things printed. First you "proof" the layout of what is to be printed and go over every bit of spelling, grammar, accuracy of content, graphics placement, color and fonts. Then if no changes are needed you print a test run of a few samples and then "proof" them again for appearance, color register, fit to media, once again for spelling and grammar as a double-check etc. Then and only then do you give the printer the approval for the press run.

It irks the living crap out of me that people in positions to spend millions of dollars on these sorts of projects don't know the basics about what they are doing. But it happens over and over in business as well as government. The old saying "Never enough time or money to do it right the first time but always enough time and money to do it over" seems like the accepted method for so much of how business, consumers and governments function today.

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