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Attorney general evaluating ballots
The state attorney general's office will look into a complaint that a campaign worker for Republican 68th Assembly District candidate Van Tran was in possession of absentee ballots that had been filled out by voters.
The Orange County Registrar of Voters office received six completed ballots along with about 40 uncompleted ballots from a campaign volunteer on Feb. 9 and 10. State law stipulates that voters are to give completed ballots only to poll workers or the Registrar of Voters. The matter was reported to the Orange County District Attorney's office Feb. 13, assistant registrar of voters Suzanne Slupsky said Friday.
Because Dist. Atty. Tony Rackauckas has endorsed Tran, his office passed the complaint along to the attorney general Monday, said Assistant Dist. Atty. Douglas Woodsmall. Senior Assistant Atty. Gen. Gary Schons said his office will evaluate the matter to see if any violation may have occurred, but he had no other details.
Tran's campaign last week said the incident was an innocent mistake made by a volunteer trying to assist voters.
