Missouri Candidate Noticed Wrong Ballot When His Name Wasn't On It
Bob Burns, a Democratic candidate for Missouri state representative, had to ask for the correct ballot when he noticed his name wasn't on it.
As his eyes scanned the electronic ballot before him, Bob Burns, Democratic candidate for Missouri state representative, noticed something strange. His name wasn’t on it. “They gave me the wrong ballot, and I caught that,” Burns said. “But what if I hadn’t caught it?” Follow Patch on Facebook for instant elections updates. All those hours campaigning, walking door-to-door, in the heat, in the cold, trying to defeat Tony Leech for the 93rd District seat in the state house of representatives—it would all be for nothing if Burns and the voters of his district were accidentally given the ballots for the 92nd District, as Burns was. The 92nd District covers Lemay and parts of Affton. “If I would lose a race over something like that, it would …
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