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Stella Parton Corrects Ballot After Machine Defaulted Wrongly

By Drooid · Oct 22, 2026, 3:28 AM UTC · How we work

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Singer Stella Parton said she corrected her ballot three times in Nashville after the machine defaulted to Republican Marsha Blackburn.
She posted on Facebook on Oct. 21 urging voters to double-check their ballots.
The Secretary of State’s Office recorded one matching complaint among roughly 400,000 early voters.
Officials explain machines show an initial screen, a review screen, and a printed paper record.

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Singer Stella Parton said she corrected her ballot three times in Nashville after the machine defaulted to Republican Marsha Blackburn.
She posted on Facebook on Oct. 21 urging voters to double-check their ballots.
The Secretary of State’s Office recorded one matching complaint among roughly 400,000 early voters.
Officials explain machines show an initial screen, a review screen, and a printed paper record.