The Dallas County Elections Department says they are aware of concerns from elected officials and citizens regarding voters potentially receiving Absentee Mail Ballots for the June 10 Joint Runoff Election that they did not request.
Dallas County Elections Administrator, Toni Pippins-Poole is re-assuring voters that the voting and elections process remains safe and sound.
Pippins-Poole said The DCED will continue to review all mail-in-ballots and the mail-in ballot request forms received for the June 10th, 2017 Joint Runoff Election.
“We will research complaints and inquiries from voters who have received ballots through the mail that they did not request,” Pippins-Poole said in a press release Friday. “We are reviewing each mail-in ballot that arrives at our office for authenticity, and will take steps to ensure that these voters do not lose their right to vote.”
Current State Law requires that runoff ballots be sent to those voters that requested it from an Application for Ballot-by-Mail for the May Joint Election.
The Dallas County Elections Office says voters should contact the Elections Department if they have received a mail ballot and did not request one. Also, if the voter did not receive a Ballot-by-Mail for the May 6th, 2017 Joint Election, but received one for the June 10th Runoff Election, that voter should contact the Elections Department.
Voters can cancel the mail-in ballot and vote in person in two ways:
- Surrender your mail-in ballot at the polls during early voting or on election day,
- Surrender your mail-in ballot to the Elections Department at 2377 N. Stemmons Freeway, 8th floor, Dallas, Texas 75207. We will cancel and adjust our files so that the voter can vote in person.
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