Four voters at an early voting center in Franklin County, North Carolina, reported receiving the wrong ballots, according to the State Board of Elections.

A letter from the Franklin County Republican Party alleges several others also complained that on their ballots the race for Franklin County Commissioners District 3 was missing.

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Brianna Bunn told WRAL 5 On You Side that her initial ballot did not include her local District 3 Board of Commissioners race, but when Bunn questioned the situation, she was told that the race wasn’t in her district.

“I was given a really hard time,” Bunn said of the incident.

WRAL 5 On Your Side doubled checked Bunn’s address and verified that the District 3 County Commissioners race should’ve been on her ballot. Bunn tells WRAL News that she went back to the polls twice more, but it wasn’t until another voter claimed to have the same issue that the head of the Franklin County Board of elections got involved.

“When the other voter said he was having the same issue, that really brought it to the election workers, and then I was allowed to vote provisionally,” Bunn said.

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A provisional ballot means Bunn's vote is in question. Election workers research all provisional ballots after the polls close on Election Day and count those that they find to be valid.

The Franklin County Republican Party, in a letter to the county board of elections, asked that all ballots cast in the District 3 race be reviewed, and any voters found to have gotten the incorrect ballot be contacted so they can vote the correct ballot.

During early voting, voters can go to any voting site in their county to cast their ballot. A voter’s address indicates which ballot type they should receive. For example, in Wake County there are 181 different ballots.

Pat Gannon, a spokesman for the State Board of Elections, blamed the issue in Franklin County on “poll worker error,” and said that election election observers from both major parties have since been invited to sit closer to the ballot distribution table, ensuring greater oversight and accuracy.

All election workers at the Louisburg location have also been asked to review their ballot distribution process.

The Franklin County Elections Board will review provisional ballots cast by Bunn and others after the election. If Bunn’s initial ballot is found to be incorrect, it will be discarded, and her provisional ballot will be counted instead.

This procedural safeguard underscores the importance of the provisional voting process, especially in close races where every vote may be pivotal.