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-Election 2012
Voters Turned Away As Citizenship Box Creates Confusion At The Polls
2012-08-08
Some voters have reportedly been turned away from the polls on Michigan's primary election day for refusing to fill out the new "citizenship" box on their ballot application.

Jocelyn Bensen, Director of the Michigan Center for Election Law, said they've been taking calls from intentionally confused voters across the state regarding this issue. She's criticizing the Secretary of State's office for failing to remind clerks that voters who decline to fill out the citizenship box must still be allowed to cast a ballot.

"It has been the number one issue that we received calls on this morning," Bensen told WWJ Newsradio 950. "And that's why we contacted the Secretary of State's office's again today, urging the office to issue a clarifying statement, which they finally did at around noon."

A spokesperson for the Secretary of State's office said clerks at "some precincts" were reminded about how to handle the citizenship question.
Posted by:Fred

#3  #2, that question is racist...
Posted by: M. Murcek   2012-08-08 09:55  

#2  Next - the 'Are you alive' box.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2012-08-08 08:00  

#1  voters who decline to fill out the citizenship box must still be allowed to cast a ballot

So the point of filling in the box was what, exactly?
Posted by: Bobby   2012-08-08 05:58  

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