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WEBVTT ALEXIS: RELOADED LEARNERS ABOUT SOMETHING HAVING WITH THEIR VOTES WOULD WANT TO COME HERE TO FIGURE OUT EXACTLY WHAT’S GOING ON, WE HAD QUITE A FEW PEOPLE CALL THE NEWSROOM AND THEY RECEIVED QUITE A FEW DIFFERENT CORRESPONDENCES WITH PEOPLE SAYING SOMETHING WENT WRONG WITH MY BALLOT AND WHAT THEY ARE TELLING ME IS THAT IS NOT EXACTLY THE CASE. SOME VOTERS WERE WEARING ABOUT THEIR BALLOT BEING RETURNED TO THEM AND NOT BEING COUNTED, ELECTION OFFICIALS TELL US MACHINE IS PROGRAM TO PROVIDE A NOTICE TO VOTERS ALREADY CONTEST THAT WERE UNDER VOTED MEETING ONE OF VOTER DECIDES NOT TO VOTE ON ALL THE CANDIDATES OR ALL THE CONTEST ON THE BALLOT, IT WILL LET YOU KNOW THAT. THE MACHINE WILL WAIT TO FULLY ACCEPT THE BALLOT TO ALLOW THE VOTER TO REVIEW THE BALLOT AND THEN MAKE CHANGES BEFORE CASTING THEIR BALLOT. DIRECTOR OF THE HAMILTON COUNTY BOARD OF ELECTIONS SAYS THE MACHINES WERE PROGRAMMED DIFFERENTLY THIS YEAR BUT THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE SYSTEM. OR YOUR BALLOT. SHERRY POLAND: A VOTER HAS A CHOICE, THAT’S FINE IF THEY WANT TO SKIP THE CANDIDATES AND THE CONTEST. THIS IS JUST SIMPLY A NOTICE OF THEY CAN CAST THEIR BALLOT AS IS IF THAT IS WHAT THEY WANT TO D OR THEY CAN PULL THE BALLOT AND MAKE ADJUSTMENTS BEFORE IT IS COUNTED. ALEXIS: MAKE SURE YOU CLICK AT THE END OF THE PROMPT, AS IS, THAT WILL BE OPTION FOR YOU. AND THEN YOUR BALLOT WILL BE CAST IN YOUR VOTE WILL BE COUNTED ACCORDINGL

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