Leavenworth County polling place ran out of ballots early Tuesday. ‘Sprang into action'
An “ordering” error led one Leavenworth County polling location to run out of ballots for a short period of time Tuesday morning. By around 8 a.m. a Linwood polling place ran out of ballots. Not enough ballots had been ordered for the polling place at the Linwood Community Center, 105 E 3rd St. “We sprung into action,” said Stephanie Sloop, deputy director of Leavenworth County Elections. “We were able to figure that out really fast. “We immediately took a stock that we had here at the courthouse down to them. And in the meantime, they were able to have voters vote on the express machine.” In addition, election officials had extra ballots printed, Sloop said. “It was an oversight,” Sloop said. “We apologized for it. We did everything we can. “ … As soon as finding out, we were in route with ballots while we were getting some more printed.” A few voters who couldn’t stay and wait for more ballots, left their names and numbers behind, Sloop said. “Some people, you know work rush, did choose to leave, but we did not turn anybody away,” she said. Those who left their names and numbers behind, election workers were “able
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