Washington County election officials say they fixed a mistake that affected ballots cast by a handful of voters in races for a state representative seat and a justice of the peace position.
Sinclair Avenue in Fayetteville was put in Precinct 9 when it should have been in Precinct 11, according to Jennifer Price, director of the Washington County Election Commission.
Price said 44 registered voters live on the street and 17 voted before the mistake was discovered.
Election officials have fixed the glitch so the remaining 27 voters will get the proper ballot at the polls.
Those 17 voters who already cast ballots will be mailed a special ballot with the State Representative District 84 race on it. Incumbent Charlie Collins, a Republican, is facing Denise Garner, a Democrat, in that race.
In the justice of the peace race, voters should have seen the District 15 contest between Butch Pond, the incumbent Republican, and Quinn Childress, the Democratic challenger. Instead, ballots had the District 12 race between incumbent Sue Madison, a Democrat, and Todd Crane, the Republican challenger. Voters will not be allowed to vote again in that race and votes cast will be counted for the District 12 candidates.
Price said the error was discovered Tuesday night and the problem was resolved by Wednesday morning.
"The new voting equipment allows us to make these corrections within hours rather than weeks," Price said.