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Up to 160 votes not counted due to error at Oakland site

by Associated Press
| November 14, 2020 11:30 AM

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Poll workers at a voting site in Oakland incorrectly told up to 200 people that their paper ballot was only a receipt and that it could be taken home, leading to the votes not being counted, a coalition of voting rights advocates alleged in a complaint to Alameda County's registrar of voters.

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