Atlantic County Mail-In Ballots Have Wrong Zip Code

The Atlantic County Clerk's Office says that residents who applied for a mail-in ballot in this year's general election may have received an envelope with the wrong zip code for the return address. 

However, no ballots have been misplaced and all will be counted provided that the resident filled it out correctly. 

Mike Sommers, the deputy county clerk, said on Monday that some of the mail-in ballots have the zip code for Mays Landing as 08830 instead of the correct 08330 on the return address. 

Sommers said that despite the error, the ballots are still being delivered to the right place because the bar code that gets scanned at the post office has the correct address attached to it.

"The bar code trumps the physical address, so there has been no issue getting the ballots back," Sommers said. 

Lynn Caterson, a member of the Atlantic County Board of Elections, said she has received no complaints from residents about the wrong zip code. She said that about 12,000 people applied for mail-in ballots this year.

Election Day is Nov. 6.

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