CHICAGO — Election officials in a small Illinois county southwest of Peoria printed the wrong name of the Republican candidate for U.S. Senate on several hundred ballots, forcing the officials Wednesday to keep the ballots separate from all others being cast in the Nov. 8 general election.
The error in Schuyler County could lead to several dozen votes in the Senate race being disregarded, an Illinois State Board of Elections spokesperson said. Republican U.S. Senate nominee Kathy Salvi labeled the misprint a “problem of election integrity and transparency,” but Schuyler County Clerk Mindy Garrett said there was no ill intent.
“This has nothing to do with voter fraud. It was human error. We all make mistakes,” said Garrett, who is a Democrat.
