For many years, Esser voted at Cross of Christ Lutheran Church in Bellevue. But in July, he got a letter and a new registration card from King County Elections, notifying him that it had changed his precinct location to Ardmore Elementary School.

So on primary election day, Esser went to Ardmore Elementary, only to find his precinct did not exist. He ended up going back to Cross of Christ church to vote and immediately sent out an e-mail to the press: "The Gang That Can’t Shoot Straight at the King County Elections Department struck again on primary election day, this time by directing the Chairman of the state’s Republican Party to the wrong polling place."

I called King County elections to find out what happened and a spokeswoman says it wasn't just Esser--some 400 poll voters got similar voter notification cards that were just wrong. "We know that five or six people ultimately voted on Tuesday and showed up at Ardmore," said Bobbie Egan. "Nobody was denied the right to vote. They were told they could vote a provision ballot or go to Cross of Christ...When we looked up Mr. Esser, it showed that it was Cross of Christ church. So we know our database is correct, it was an issue that happened in linking them outside of the system."

The elections department says it will send out correction letters immediately. Esser will be on KING 5 News Up Front this Sunday to tell his story. His e-mail asks, "accident or conspiracy?"

Egan says, "No conspiracy. Certainly, we regret that anybody went to the wrong place on election day."