State Rep Advises Voters to Check Ballot Twice  (TX)

KBMT News   31 October 2008

District 22 State Representative Joe Deshotel is asking voters to check their ballots after they have made their ion.

Rep. Deshotel tells KBMT 12 news he had an issue at the poll as he cast his ballot. Deshotel says he voted for each candidate individually and noticed that after he made his ion his vote for Barack Obama had changed to John McCain.

Earlier this week CNN received calls to its election hotline from viewers reporting problems with the electronic voting machines in Jefferson County. KBMT spoke with County Clerk Carolyn Guidry after CNN aired comments from our area. Guidry says she has received less than a dozen complaints about the machines. Guidry said it is important for voters to make sure they are completely within the lines on the screen when ing a candidate.