Overview
- State election officials discovered a coding error with their printing vendor that caused some mail‑in voters to receive ballots for the wrong party and decided to reissue replacement ballots to all mail‑in requestors.
- Replacement ballots were mailed in county batches on May 26 and May 27 and arrive in envelopes marked "REPLACEMENT BALLOT INSIDE" with unique return identifiers to prevent duplicate counting.
- Elections staff say the original mailed ballots have been voided in the system and any returned originals are being quarantined so only one replacement ballot per voter can be counted.
- The DOJ Civil Rights Division has asked the state to preserve ballots and mailing records and Republican House Administration members have sent a letter seeking details about the error and safeguards.
- The vendor, Taylor Print & Visual Impressions, accepted responsibility and agreed to pay for reprinting and voter notices, while fact‑checking organizations and state officials say claims of mass fraud are misleading and experts say the timing should limit operational disruption.