(Indiana) Vigo GOP alleges ‘mishandling’ of some absentee ballots

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Clerk’s office says all ‘accounted for’

Brian Boyce The Tribune-Star

TERRE HAUTE — Procedural issues in the absentee voting process have officials at odds this week.

Vigo County Republican Party chairman Randall Gentry issued a media statement Thursday, alleging the “mishandling of some 1,600 absentee ballots” by the Vigo County Clerk’s office and its component which handles absentee ballots via the mail...

http://tribstar.com/local/x1200650844/Vigo-GOP-alleges-mishandling-of-some-absentee-ballots

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2. Kind of an unstory, but there's a poll within needing DU'ing

Midway down in the local stories section on the right, you'll find a poll:

Which candidate do you prefer in the upcoming presidential election?

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3. Sounds like Gentry's predecessors are to blame

if "According to Gentry, who was elected the local party chairman in September, it has become apparent that Republicans have not been represented on that board for a number of years. No notification of that absence has ever been issued to party officials, he said, stating Mansard’s placement of the responsibility on him is “disingenuous.”" is true.

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4. Yep, they screwed up, they blame somebody else, how cute. nt

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5. How does the Republican Party Chair not know they don't have representation on the board?

It is one of the primary appointments that a Democratic or Republican party chair makes in their county in Indiana.