Reading Time: 4 minutesOn Election Day in Madison, nearly 200 absentee ballots slipped through the cracks. They weren’t processed or counted. Most of them weren’t even discovered until almost a month later.

On Election Day in Madison, nearly 200 absentee ballots slipped through the cracks. They weren’t processed or counted. Most of them weren’t even discovered until almost a month later. And nobody seems to know exactly how the oversight occurred.

The number of ballots was not enough the affect the outcome of any races on the ballot in these areas, the Clerk's Office said.

The Madison City Clerk's Office announced Thursday that 193 absentee ballots from the November 5, 2024, general election were not properly processed.

Nearly 200 November General Election Absentee Ballots were not properly processed in Madison. The Clerk’s Office said while the 193 uncounted ballots would not have affected the result of any race or referendum,

City of Madison officials said Thursday that almost 200 ballots from the Nov. 5 general election were not properly processed.