A computer programing error last week led to several residents being presented with an opportunity to vote on the Hedley ISD Voter-Approved Tax Ratification Election (VATRE) even though they did not live in the Hedley school district.
Donley County Clerk Vicky Tunnell said the error was discovered after a voter called the Donley Appraisal District to ask about being taxed by Hedley ISD when they don’t live in the district. Chief Appraiser Paula Lowrie then alerted Tunnell to the problem.
Hedley Superintendent Tracey Bell said the clerk and the Texas Secretary of State’s office worked together to solve the problem, and she has complete confidence in the tax election as it moves forward through early voting this week and on election day next Tuesday, November 5.
Tunnell said the error mistakenly put the HISD tax question on all the ballots for voters in Precinct Box 301, but she said it was easy to fix since only about four HISD voters actually live in Precinct 301.
“The system just won’t count the Hedley tax issue on those ballots where it was not supposed to be,” Tunnell said.
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