{"id":691196,"date":"2026-10-23T00:05:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-23T00:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=691196"},"modified":"2026-10-23T00:05:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-23T00:05:00","slug":"california-officials-blame-vendor-error-for-sending-thousands-of-duplicate-ballots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=691196","title":{"rendered":"California Officials Blame &#8216;Vendor Error&#8217; For Sending Thousands Of Duplicate Ballots"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden\">California Officials Blame &#8216;Vendor Error&#8217; For Sending Thousands Of Duplicate Ballots<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item\">\n<article>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/headlineusa.com\/california-officials-blame-vendor-error-for-sending-thousands-of-duplicate-ballots\/\">Authored by Luis Cornelio via Headline USA<\/a>,<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>A California county sent duplicate mail-in ballots to thousands of voters in what officials have characterized as a printing error,<\/strong> raising questions about election security amid heightened federal scrunity.<\/p>\n<figure role=\"group\" class=\"caption caption-img\"><a data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"https:\/\/assets.zerohedge.com\/s3fs-public\/inline-images\/AP24302632295830-e1792671982627_jpg.jpg\" data-link-option=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/assets.zerohedge.com\/s3fs-public\/inline-images\/AP24302632295830-e1792671982627_jpg.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"74bc4aae-4808-4b15-be4f-e533740a3b41\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.zerohedge.com\/s3fs-public\/inline-images\/AP24302632295830-e1792671982627_jpg.jpg\" \/><\/a><figcaption><em>A new ballot drop box is unloaded on Monday, Oct. 28, 2024, in Portland, Ore. The Portland Police Bureau reported that officers and firefighters responded to a fire in one ballot drop box on Monday morning. (AP Photo\/Claire Rush)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Tulare County, which includes part of Sequoia National Park, acknowledged the &#8220;error&#8221; in a statement posted on its website, blaming a government vendor for security lapse.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As a result of a printer vendor error during the ballot replacement procedure, <strong>some Tulare County voters received duplicate vote-by-mail packets<\/strong>,&#8221; county officials wrote.<\/p>\n<p>The California officials said that the issue affected a portion of voters centered in the City of Tulare. According to ABC 30, nearly 7,800 voters were sent the duplicate ballots.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The vendor has accepted full responsibility and worked with County officials to send voters a mailer with accurate information and guidance,&#8221; the county added.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tulare officials warned voters that state law only allows for one ballot to be cast per election<\/strong> and are ordered to destroy the duplicate ballot.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;DO NOT RETURN OR ATTEMPT TO VOTE THE DUPLICATE BALLOT,&#8221; Tulare County officials wrote in all caps.<\/p>\n<p>ABC 30 reported that the error specifically affected 7,791 voters in a county with approximately 227,000 registered voters. California voter registration documents show that as of 2025, roughly 31% of registered voters were Democrats, compared with 39% who were Republicans.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\" xml:lang=\"en\">Nothing to see here. Newscum&#8217;s California is so corrupt. TOTALLY SICK! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/40959ajwyj\">https:\/\/t.co\/40959ajwyj<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RapidResponse47\/status\/2112909849961095327?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 21, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<p>      <span class=\"field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden\"><a title=\"View user profile.\" href=\"https:\/\/cms.zerohedge.com\/users\/tyler-durden\" lang=\"\" class=\"username\" xml:lang=\"\">Tyler Durden<\/a><\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden\">Thu, 10\/22\/2026 &#8211; 20:05<\/span><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.zerohedge.com\/s3fs-public\/inline-images\/AP24302632295830-e1792671982627_jpg.jpg\" title=\"California Officials Blame &apos;Vendor Error&apos; For Sending Thousands Of Duplicate Ballots\" \/><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>California Officials Blame &#8216;Vendor Error&#8217; For Sending Thousands Of Duplicate Ballots Authored by Luis Cornelio via Headline USA, A California county sent duplicate mail-in ballots to thousands of voters in what officials have characterized as a printing error, raising questions about election security amid heightened federal scrunity. A new ballot drop box is unloaded on&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=691196\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">California Officials Blame &#8216;Vendor Error&#8217; For Sending Thousands Of Duplicate Ballots<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[17,22,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-691196","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-border-security","category-immigration","category-immigration-reform","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/691196","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=691196"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/691196\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=691196"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=691196"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=691196"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}