Voters getting late ballots

Software error prevented transmission of some licensing information to election officials

OLYMPIA — Approximately 14 county voters will receive late ballots via first class mail this week for the February 13 special election, due to a software error in the Department of Licensing’s driver licensing database system that caused information to not be transmitted to the Office of the Secretary of State’s Voter Registration Database under Washington’s Motor Voter law.

The Dept. of Licensing and Office of the Secretary of State worked together to match the voter data in the two systems to determine...