At least a few unaffliated voters have reported problems when they went to vote today in the Democratic primary runoff for state labor commissioner.
Registered Democrats, unaffiliated voters who chose Democratic ballots in the May primary and unaffiliated voters who did not vote in May are eligible to participate today in the runoff for labor commissioner.
But in Wake County, several unaffiliated voters who cast Democratic ballots in May at Millbrook Exchange Park discovered a discrepancy in election records this morning.
The records incorrectly showed that they had cast unaffiliated ballots in May when they actually voted in the Democratic primary. The voters were allowed to cast provisional ballots today; in the meantime, elections officials will verify that they voted Democratic in May.
Wake Elections Director Cherie Poucher said election officials in May may have incorrectly marked a document called an "authorization to vote," erroneously recording an unaffiliated ballot when a voter actually asked for a Democratic ballot. However, election officials will be able to research other records that will show which ballot the voters received in May, she said.
Poucher said she had not received complaints about the issue this morning and assumed that the problem was not widespread.
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