Thousands of voters in a new congressional district of Alabama received incorrect voting instructions leading into Super Tuesday.
More than 6,500 voters in the 2nd Congressional District of Alabama received postcards ahead of the Tuesday primary with information intended for voters in the 7th Congressional District.
The county sent out 2,000 notices informing affected voters of the mistake on Tuesday and an additional 4,000 on Wednesday.
James Snipes, chair of the Montgomery County Board of Registrars, said that affected voters were still able to vote for their candidates.
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Tuesday marked the first time that Alabama voters could vote in the newly redrawn 2nd Congressional District. (Michael S. Williamson/The Washington Post via Getty Images)
“Everyone who came to their precinct was able to vote for the correct candidates,” Snipes said. “This was a good-faith effort.”
He attributed the mistake to a “software glitch” that misidentified the thousands of voters’ geographic region.
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Voters enter and exit a polling facility at the Seale Courthouse in Russell County during a primary election in Seale, Alabama. About 6,000 voters in a new congressional district formed to boost Black representation received postcards with incorrect voting information ahead of Tuesday’s primary election. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)
The 2nd Congressional District’s boundaries were redrawn last year by federal judges who ruled its prior borders likely violated the Voting Rights Act.
The new boundaries were redrawn to stretch from Mobile to the state border with Georgia so that the 27% of the population that is Black would be able to have a larger influence in elections.
The election proved crowded after 11 Democrats and seven Republicans entered the primary race.
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Rebecca McGhee and Randy Robinson speak with arriving voters as they enter the parking lot at the Macedonia Worship Center polling place in Montgomery, Alabama. (Michael S. Williamson/The Washington Post via Getty Images)
Democratic candidates Anthony Daniels and Shomari Figures received enough votes to qualify for a run-off later this year.
Republican candidates Caroleene Dobson and Dick Brewbaker similarly secured spots in a future run-off to decide the party candidate.
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