On Absentee ballots in Atascosa County, Texas, there was a pretty noteworthy mistake made recently. A voter by the name of Troy Knudson, was the first person to notice an error made by the county on the ballots.

In place of what was supposed to be the Texas state flag, was a flag of Chile. The Chilean flag and Texas flag do look a whole lot alike, but you would think that county employees should at least know what their state flag looks like.

Atascosa County is a small county in Texas which was formed back in 1856. Currently the population in the entire county is close to 40,000.

As you can see by the images below, the Texas flag does differ from the flag of Chile. In the Texas version, the red stripe on the bottom is intersected by the blue on the left hand side. In the Chilean version, the red stripe goes all the way through the entire bottom portion of the flag.

Texas Flag

Chilean Flag

Simple mistake, or a big deal?