Heads up to anyone voting absentee in Butler County!

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Heads up to anyone voting absentee in Butler County!

From the Cincinnati Enquirer... http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/200...

Oops! Wrong postage on ballots
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

HAMILTON – The Butler County board of elections mailed 5,250 absentee ballots that misinformed voters of the postage needed to return completed ballots for the Nov. 7 election.

The ballots, postmarked Oct. 9 and Oct. 10, included an insert that said they should be returned to the Butler County Board of Elections with a 63-cent stamp. The correct postage is 87 cents.

Some ballots were returned to absentee voters for insufficient postage. County post offices now will be instructed to send all absentee ballots to the Hamilton Post Office, said Betty McGary, deputy director of the elections board.

The board reached an agreement with the post office to pay the difference for absentee ballots with insufficient postage... MORE

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