'This is a human error'

“I think it’s important for us as clerks to all know what happened so we can prevent the same thing from happening again.”

Carbon County Clerk Gwynn Bartlett, in her post-election update to the Board of Carbon County Commissioners (BOCCC) on November 12, touched on the ballot errors reported out of Weston County. In her last election update as county clerk, Bartlett also voiced her opposition to hand-counting ballots, a process which was given a trial run in Campbell County.

Wrong Ballots

In Carbon County, said Bartlett, the general election was conducted with no issues. A total of 6,446 votes...