The designation Jurisdiction Dispute is the reason for provisional voting if a voter presents to vote and has no eligible ballot style and requests to vote for an election contest that is not in the voter’s proper voting district.
In certain elections, although a voter is registered to vote in the county, the voter may not have an eligible ballot style. The voter might not live in the election district (municipality, board of education district, etc.) that has a contest on the ballot.
A voter may have an eligible ballot style, but may disagree with one or more of the assigned election districts. For instance, a voter may claim residence in county commissioner district “A” instead of County Commissioner district “B.” The voter may insist that the wrong district has been assigned and challenge the placement of his or her address point within the county commissioner district boundary.
If the voter insists that he or she is entitled to vote in an election or entitled to vote in election districts that are not on the ballot style assigned, an election official must permit this voter to vote a provisional ballot.