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Obviously, they did, otherwise they wouldn’t have been thrown out, for the statewide contests-“The issue at Booker T. Washington and Archer Hall, Barron said, was college students. Many were registered to vote elsewhere, but insisted on filling out provisional ballots where they were.”
and as long as they did not vote in both places I would have no problem with their votes counting.
Barron said when people vote provisionally, only the portion of their ballot that is the same in the location they’re registered in and the location they’re voting in — such as statewide contests — will count. Therefore, voters are encouraged to go to their home voting location so their entire ballot will be valid.