The inside flap of a ballot return envelope for the May 5 election was printed mistakenly with the date of the potential June 2 run-off election due to a vendor’s error, the Denver Elections Division says. (Submitted photo)
As we’ve reported and , the mass-mailing of ballots this week by the Denver Elections Division was clouded by a due-date printing error on the inside flap of many returned envelopes.
Election officials have blamed a vendor, ProVote Solutions, and that company’s envelope-printing subcontractor, Cenveo, for the error. The envelope flaps say ballots must be returned by 7 p.m. June 2 — the date of a potential run-off — instead of by that time on May 5, the actual election. Other materials, including the ballot itself, list the correct election date. It’s unclear how many voters received packets containing return envelopes with the wrong due date.
On Thursday, ProVote Solutions vice president Cris Highnote sent this statement, expressing regret for its subcontractor’s error:
As you are aware some envelopes were printed with the incorrect return date by the envelope manufacturer Cenveo which was an envelope subcontractor for ProVoteSolutions. We truly regret this and are holding Cenveo fully responsible for their mistake.
“Both ProVote and Cenveo have been providing Denver County with Election Ballots and Envelopes for at least the last 8 years with no serious issues in the past. However, we fully understand that the Election voting processes must be trusted by all voters and any error which might degrade that trust is not acceptable.
