Fairfax County Republican leaders are raising concerns about ballot privacy after discovering a hole punch in

absentee ballots could reveal a voter’s decision.

The concern was first flagged by a voter on a social media media post. If a Fairfax County absentee ballot is inserted in its return envelope a certain way, a bubble can be seen through a hole punch.

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If someone knows the order in which nominees are listed on the ballot and where the bubble is marked, they could know it's for Republican Attorney General Candidate Jason Miyares.

Fairfax County's GOP chair Katie Gorka wrote to election officials about her concern about privacy. Gorka worries that postal workers in particular could see votes.

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