Three of four candidates for Bluffton Town Council also said they have heard complaints about the island election office from residents voting absentee in person.
The three candidates who said voters have contacted them about absentee voting problems -- Jeff Fulgham,
Normand "Gus" Thomas and incumbent Fred Hamilton -- said Tuesday that voters had been reporting problems since last week.
 
A worker at the Hilton Head office said that information regarding the matter would have to come from Agnes Garvin, county election director.
Garvin did not return a number of calls to her office and mobile phone throughout the day Tuesday.
Old town Bluffton residents Nancy and Bill Roe were among the voters who said they noticed a problem. Nancy Roe said she selected all her choices on the screen at the booth Friday. She had attempted to cast a ballot for the general election, Bluffton mayor and council, and the various statereferendum questions.
 
She said she clicked on all her choices -- including two candidates for Bluffton Town Council.
But when she reviewed her selections before actually casting the ballot, she noticed that her two picks for the Bluffton Town Council did not register. Her husband had the same problem.
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