The county election board will draft and eventually vote on a policy on curing mail-in and absentee ballots that are submitted without all the required information.

The board voted during Wednesday’s county commissioners’ meeting, April 26, to draft the policy. Currently, the county election bureau does not cure ballots.

Normally, the commissioners serve as the election board. Since all three commissioners are running for reelection this year, they appointed three local attorneys — Mike English, Patrick Casey and Carol McCarthy — as temporary replacements on the election board.

Solicitor Julie Graham said fatal defects on ballots cannot be cured, but other defects like a missing signature or a missing date may be corrected by contacting the voter.