At the BND polling place, elections workers began to modify ballots to prevent that from happening before realizing they had both ballots on hand. In another election-related case, the name of Peter Gilman, a candidate for Place 4 on the BISD board, was listed below his opponent, incumbent Margaret Cowen. Gilman had drawn for a ballot position and won the right to be listed above Cowen. Irma Gilman, the candidate s wife, said Gillman found out about the mishap from a voter who cast an early ballot. I talked to Amalia and she said she was going to order new ballots from Austin.
Some people believe that can make a difference in a close race.
The allegations follow last weeks complaints from South Padre Island Mayor Ed Cyganiewicz about his name being left off the ballot and ballots arriving an hour late on the first day of early voting. Cyganiewicz is unopposed. He said he plans to recommend that his town do without the county s election services in the future.