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Inconsistent Ballot Application Data Leads to Undercount of Disenfranchised Voters
By Rachel Dissell and Lucia Walinchus Haley Belisle, a recent graduate of Ohio Northern University, was baffled this spring when the Hardin County Board of elections rejected her application to vote absentee in the state’s presidential primary. The problem was her signature on the application: It didn’t match her voter registration signature. “When I originally…