FILE - Thousands of ballots sit in boxes as Utah County election workers process the mail-in ballots for the midterm elections on November 6, 2018 in Provo, Utah. (Photo by George Frey/Getty Images)FAIRFAX, Va. - According to several media reports about 1400 voters in Virginia got two absentee ballots mailed to them, but elections officials said only one would be counted.Elections officials in Fairfax County told the Washington Post a printer problem led employees to mistakenly mail two ballots to about 1000 voters.
Officials said people should destroy the second ballot.Officials told the Post there are safeguards in place to make sure someone can't vote twice.