Marketing company apologizes for ballot problems

COLFAX — Whitman County Auditor and Director of Election Sandy Jamison, requested a letter of apology and a dismissal of charges incurred for erroneous election ballots.

During this year’s General Election, it was discovered that errors were present on approximately 5,000 resident’s ballots, which required the Auditor’s Office to re-send ballots to the effected residents just a few days prior to Election Day.

A letter of apology was received by Jamison on Monday, Dec. 11, from PMA Direct Marketing, who printed the Whitman County General Election ballots.

The letter written by President of PMA...