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Voters Say County Wasted Money Mailing Out Registration Cards

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Channel: WTVC NewsChannel 9 · 2012 · News & Politics

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By Jerry Askin You may have gotten a new voter registration card in the mail over the weekend. That's because the Hamilton County Election Commission sent out more than 202,000 of them last week.And for households with more than one voter - each  person got their own separate registration card, sent in a separate envelope.     We wanted to know - how much did that cost? And could the county have saved money if they sent just one mailer to each household?We're just over a week away from the start of early voting for the 2012 primary elections.Last week, the Hamilton County Election Commission sent out voter registration cards to any voter who had a change due to redistricting."The letter went out for the voters to check their cards so they'll know if their house number changed or if their senate number changed," says Hamilton County Administrator of Elections, Charlotte Mullis-Morgan.And for families with multiple voters in the household, each person got their own registration card sent in a separate envelope. In all, that cost the election commission 5,000."We actually got 3.... And the one thing about it is our son is no longer there. He's living in Nashville, so I don't know how we'll work with that," says Cathy Fabish, Hamilton County Voter.Fabish says the election commission wasted money sending her family their registration cards in 3 separate envelopes. Anthony Denatala agrees."I believe it should probably come in the same envelope. They have that information, and with today's technology, they should be able to do so," says Denatala.The Hamilton County Administrator of Elections tells me they're required to send out separate registration cards to people in separate envelopes."That way we knows that it goes to them - and If they're not in the house anymore, then we're notified by the post office," says Mullis.She couldn't tell us how many voter registration cards were sent to duplicate addresses, but did tell us they could have saved about ,000 by putting several registration cards into one envelope per address.Voter Tanya Sims says it's actually smart to send households separate envelopes, reminding people to vote. "Just because they need to vote and if  you send everybody their own, they'll be sure to get one and they'll know when it's time to go and vote," says Sims.For the record, early voting is from July 13th to July 28th. Regular voting is on August 2nd.Don't forget now you're required to have a photo ID before you can vote.

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