To the Editor:

In response to “Why Black Felt Markers”:

Your concerns needed an immediate answer. I have worked as an election inspector for five years at five different polling places within our county...this is my choice to volunteer where districts do not have enough qualified inspectors.

At 6:25 a.m. on Election Day a voter at our precinct noticed the “bleed through” of the felt marker. He asked, and our Election Coordinator Shana Livernois, called the Election Board office. They assured us that they knew with a two-sided ballot that the “bleed thru” did not line up with any other ovals on the opposite side of the ballot. This did not compromise the ballot and they were very much aware of this.

We told voters this as this question was raised a couple other times during the day. The voters seemed comfortable with this answer.

If someone at District 8 polling place gave the answer that you claim, they should not have responded this way. We are trained as inspectors to call the Election Board headquarters and the proper answer would have been conveyed to you.

I wonder why you mention Nicole Duvé being concerned about this when there were two or three other offices up for election within St. Lawerence County that ended in a tie vote. Your concern appears to only be about an outcome of over 700 votes. Is this a ballot problem or just a disgruntled voter?

Bob Haggett

Norwood