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AMERICANS AROUND THE WORLD WILL
VOTE BY ABSENTEE
BALLOT.
NOW, LOCAL REPUBLICAN LEADERS
ARE VOICING
CONCERN ABOUT HOW SOME ELECTION
OFFICIALS
HANDLED VIGO COUNTY'S BALLOTS.
NEWS 10'S JOE ASTROUSKI SPOKE
WITH BOTH SIDES OF THE
MATTER AND HAS MORE FROM OUR
NEWSROOM.
" MARK, PATRECE, EARLIER
TODAY, VIGO COUNTY REPUBLICAN
CHAIR RANDY
GENTRY RELEASED "THIS" STATEMENT
... QUESTIONING
HOW MORE THAN 1 THOUSAND
ABSENTEE BALLOTS WERE
HANDLED. HERE'S THE PROBLEM ...
GENTRY SAYS WHEN THOSE BALLOTS
WERE RECEIVED THERE
WERE "NO REPUBLICANS" ON THE
COUNTY BOARD THAT
HANDLES ABSENTEE BALLOTS ... AND
HE SAYS THAT'S
AGAINST STATE RULES. COUNTY
CLERK PAT MANSARD
SAYS THERE WEREN'T ANY
REPUBLICANS ON THE BOARD
BECAUSE THE PARTY NEVER
APPOINTED ANY ... BUT GENTRY
SAYS
THE PARTY WASN'T TOLD THEY
NEEDED TO APPOINT THOSE
MEMBERS UNTIL THIS WEEK. DESPITE
THE CONCERNS ...
GENTRY SAYS HIS PARTY "ISN'T"
CHALLENGING THE BALLOTS
INVOLVED. IN HIS STATEMENT
TODAY, GENTRY WROTE QUOTE "WE
WILL NEVER BE 100 PERCENT
SURE THAT THE BALLOTS HAVE NOT
BEEN COMPROMISED,
BUT WE MUST NOT DIS-ENFRANCHISE
ALL THE VOTERS ON PURE
SPECULATION." "I FEEL THAT
VOTERS USING
THE MAILED ABSENTEE BALLOT
PROCESS SHOULD BE AWARE OF
WHAT HAS HAPPENED." MEANWHILE,
MANSARD SAID
EACH BALLOT IS CAREFULLY TRACKED
... AND HAS A LONG
PAPER TRAIL TO PREVENT
WRONGDOING.
"ADMINISTRATION OVER THE
ABSENTEES ... IT'S EXTENSIVE AND
VERY METICULOUS AND HAS NUMEROUS
STEPS. IT'S PUT IN
A STATEWIDE VOTER SYSTEM FROM
THE TIME THAT THEY
REQUEST AND ABSENTEE BALLOT
APPLICATION."
MANSARD ALSO SAID THAT EACH
BALLOT HER OFFICE RECEIVES
IS SEALED AND REMAINS SEALED
UNTIL ELECTION DAY.
REPUBLICANS SAY THEY'VE NOW
APPOINTED ONE MEMBER TO THE
ABSENTEE BOARD AND ARE WORKING
TO ADD MORE AS SOON AS
POSSIBLE. FROM THE STUDIO, I'M
JOE
ASTROUSKI. BACK TO YOU!"
TO MAKE SURE YOU'RE READY TO
VOTE. THE INDIANA BUREAU