CASTLE ROCK — A vendor in charge of mass mailings forwarded about 1,100 of the 108,876 Douglas County ballots mailed out earlier this month, a no-no under state election laws.
By Tuesday, all the ballots, including 22 sent to voters who had moved but were still eligible to vote in the election, were accounted for, said election chief Jack Arrowsmith.
All of the improperly forwarded ballots were invalidated.
Arrowsmith said the error was an honest mistake. Typically the company handles direct-mail advertising.
“If you’re selling widgets, getting your stuff forwarded is a good thing,” he said. “But ballots, it’s not.”
The designated spokesman for the vendor, Omaha-based Pitney Bowes PSI, was traveling Tuesday and could not be reached for comment.
Joey Bunch, The Denver Post
