Registrar of Voters Sheldon D. Johnson announced last week that he received notice from the office of the secretary of state that Amador County is one of six ES&S counties that had ballots delivered that do not have sufficient water marks and tinting.

Official ballots for distribution to the precincts are being reprinted by ES&S and all costs associated with this process will be borne by the vendors. Delivery of the new ballots will be in time to meet the Election Department timeframe for issuing ballots to the precinct workers for Election Day. The water marks and tinting do not affect the counting of the ballots; therefore, this issue will not affect the vote by mail ballots due to the security measures in place for this process.

The vote by mail process has a complete audit trail of the number of ballots received, issued, and cast. Also, all signatures are verified prior to ballots being accepted for counting.

As an additional security measure, the Election Management System used by the Election Department will not allow a voter to cast more than one ballot at any election. If voters have any questions regarding this issue, they may contact the Election Department at 223-6465. This process is open to the public. Anyone interested in observing is welcome.