Absentee vote problems in Gwinnett County

19,000 absentee ballots have been reprinted in metro Atlanta’s Gwinnett County. Officials found problems with the forms after routine testing last week--ovals on the ballot voters use to mark their choices were too thick for optical scanning machines to read. Gwinnett officials say they will also have to hand-copy votes from at least 10,000 absentee ballots onto new ones that can be read by a machine. Members of each political party will monitor the transfer of the votes. An elections official says the issue will not interfere with votes counted in the general election.