When voters in Buda headed to the polls for November's general election, some experienced clerical errors and were given the wrong ballot.

At Buda City Council's meeting June 4, Hays County Elections Administrator Joyce Cowan presented the findings of an elections office review that determined "the number of ballots affected by the issue was not large enough to impact the outcome of any races."

Eileen Altmiller, who defeated Jim Corry to win her seat on Buda City Council in November, said she saw the issue play out during the election.

"Someone came up to me after they voted, hugged me and said they voted for me, and I knew that they did not live in the city limits," Altmiller said.

On Election Day, Nov. 6, Altmiller, George Haehn and Jose Montoya won seats on City Council, and Proposition 1, which allowed businesses to attain mixed-beverage permits, passed.

In November, Cowan attributed the errors to redistricting that split Buda into two districts.

"Buda used to be one precinct," Cowan said. "When we redistricted, with the new senatorial lines and the congressional lines and Barton Springs redistricting, et cetera, the precinct divided Buda to where we had to move some Buda residents into another precinct."

At the June 4 meeting, Cowan said steps were being taken to avoid any issues in future elections. The November election in Buda used eight different ballot styles, and Cowan said poll workers are now receiving more training on how to administer each type of ballot.

"I cannot guarantee that there will not be inaccurate elections," Cowan said. "I can't make a promise that it won't happen again. Some [workers] go into polls not well trained because they are recruited at the last minute."