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New Franklin, Ohio, is challenged by two-booth ballot

Residents of the small village of New Franklin, Ohio, will enter two separate booths when they vote next month. They will punch one card in the first booth and then move on to a second to complete their ballot, which is overloaded, in part, because the merged community will be electing its new leaders. According to the Akron Beacon Journal, other options included a butterfly ballot and hand counting paper ballots. http://www.ohio.com/mld/ohio/news/local/9847780.htm

Residents of the small village of New Franklin, Ohio, will enter two separate booths when they vote next month. They will punch one card in the first booth and then move on to a second to complete their ballot, which is overloaded, in part, because the merged community will be electing its new leaders. According to the Akron Beacon Journal, other options included a butterfly ballot and hand counting paper ballots. http://www.ohio.com/mld/ohio/news/local/9847780.htm

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