Respondents dispute that there is any impropriety in allowing persons without preexisting buff cards to vote. As previously stated, a voter registered to vote in the county must be allowed to vote in a school district election. If an individual had not previously voted in a district election he would not have had a buff card on file but would have filled one out before voting on May 20. Thus, there appears to be a reasonable explanation for the numerous buff cards that were apparently filled out on the date of the election. Petitioners allege that the district clerk discarded voter registration books used at each polling site, which petitioners allege is further proof of respondent board's improper conduct.
Respondents deny the district clerk improperly discarded voter registration books.
This master list is then subdivided to separately identify the 12 election districts. Each of these 12 lists contains the names of all the registered voters in that election district. At the conclusion of the election the district clerk discarded the 12 printouts as the names were already contained in the master list. Thus, respondents allege that no voter registration books or lists were destroyed, just copies of the master list. Based on the record before me, this is not a sufficient basis to warrant overturning the election.