Dyslexia (or carelessness?) creates voting problem in 2 Milwaukee Wards

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Milwaukee Election Workers Solve Poll List Switcheroo
By Jay Sorgi

Story Created: Apr 5, 2011

Story Updated: Apr 5, 2011

MILWAUKEE - The Milwaukee Election Commission says that election workers corrected a problem that came up early Tuesday when polls opened up for the spring election.

Voters at Ward 223, near the corner of South 6th Street and West Howard Avenue in Milwaukee, found out that they couldn't vote when the polls opened at 7:00 a.m., because they had poll lists for Ward 233.

The same problem happened at Ward 233, at Holler Park near Mitchell International Airport. They had the poll lists for Ward 223.

Sue Edman of the election commission told Newsradio 620 WTMJ that when the problems were discovered, election workers were sent to run the proper books to the proper wards.

She also said that officials there were instructed not to turn away any voters.