A first-time voter in Arkansas discovered a major error on her ballot when she went to vote in Lonoke County this week: Hillary Clinton’s name was spelled Hilliary, placing the word “liar” in the Democratic presidential nominee’s first name.
The unnamed woman reported the mistake to election officials and said she believes election officials purposely misspelled her name.
“After looking at it pretty carefully, it looked like they had put in liar in there,” the woman told NBC News.
Jimmy Wallace, a Democratic member of the county’s election commission, apologized for the error and said it was not done intentionally.
“I’m sorry she’s upset. Nothing was done, I can assure her, to cause a defamation to Hillary’s name,” Wallace said. “We don’t like it anymore than anybody else would because it is a reflection of us.”
Officials said it is unlikely they will reprint the ballots because voters are able to clearly identify Clinton on the ballot. Former President Bill Clinton was the state’s governor from 1979 to 1981 and 1983 to 1992.
