More than 500 uncounted ballots were discovered in a drop box on the Chico State campus on Tuesday nearly two weeks after certified election results were announced. The Butte County Clerk-Recorder’s office discovered the ballots in a sealed drop box outside Bell Memorial Union, near the neighborhoods where many students live.
“We went to the ballot drop box location to pick up that box and bring it back to the office,” Butte County Elections manager Keaton Denlay said. “At the time, the expectation was that the box would be empty, upon opening the box we discovered that it was not.”
BMU Drop Box 10/25/20, Courtesy: Bob Mullholland
The Butte County Clerk-Recorder announced Thursday they discovered a sealed official ballot drop box that contained voted vote-by-mail ballots that were deposited prior to the Nov. 3 deadline at 8 p.m.
Posted: Dec 10, 2020 4:04 PM
Updated: Dec 11, 2020 10:19 AM
Posted By: Deb Anderaos
BUTTE COUNTY, Calif. – The Butte County Clerk-Recorder certified the results of the November 3, 2020, Presidential Election on Nov. 30. However, on Dec. 8, the office discovered a sealed official ballot drop box that contained voted vote-by-mail ballots that were deposited prior to the Nov. 3 deadline at 8 p.m.
The drop box in question was located outside of the Bell Memorial Union at Chico State, and was not included in the certified results published on Nov. 30, according to County Clerk-Recorder, Candace Grubbs.