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A city of Wheeling resident who lives in a neighborhood with a Bethlehem address wanted to vote in favor of Wheeling's municipal levy, but he noticed the issue wasn't on his ballot.
Pete Holloway told election officials he believed himself to be a resident of Wheeling despite his home being on Hubbard Lane in Bethlehem. He had recently moved there and changed his address with the Ohio County Commission's office.
Toni Chieffalo, coordinator of elections in Ohio County, checked out his address, and agreed Holloway should be permitted to vote on Wheeling elections.
He was then permitted to vote a second provisional ballot containing only the Wheeling levy.
"As far as we can tell, this (glitch) affected only one voter," she said.
Chieffalo explained when Holloway did his change of address, his address was incorrectly giving him a different voting precinct and ballot.
She suggests anyone else who believes themselves to live within the city of Wheeling boundaries, and who doesn't see city of Wheeling elections and issues on their ballot, to inform them of the oversight.
Chieffalo said Holloway was gracious about the error, and just wanted to vote the correct ballot.
Holloway, in turn, commended Chieffalo for her work.
"The way the Wheeling boundary works, I live in Wheeling -- but I couldn't vote on the levy." he said. "I wanted to because every vote counts. She (Chieffalo) fixed it.
"I feel the levy is important to pass," he said. "Firemen run into burning buildings, and the police are there to protect. They put their lives on the line, and they deserve a nice space."