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Clerical error deletes voters' registrations

By Morgan Booth

More than 1,400 voters might appear at polling places for the March 4 primary, only to find out they are not registered to vote.

Clerical errors with the new voter database deleted registered voters for what appears to be no reason. Poll worker Mike Conwell said many voters' registrations were canceled correctly; the system purged voters who had moved. The 545,833 registered voters in Travis County are advised to double check their registration before the Feb. 4 deadline.

Conwell is working as a volunteer to notify voters who were deleted from the database and determine the source of the problem.

"It turned out there are people who did the right thing and took the right steps, but the bureaucracy failed them," he said. "At this point, anyone could have been removed."

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