The city's new General Registrar, David Levine, told CBS 6 that the five votes that were already cast in the incorrect House of Delegates race cannot be changed.
He said that as an election official, there is "a pit in your stomach" about incorrect votes being cast.
The remaining 278 incorrect ballots were mailed to voters but have not been returned.
Levine said those ballots will be voided and new correct ballots will be sent to those voters with a letter of explanation.
The errors affected voters in three city precincts: precinct 607 (Main Library), precinct 505 (Clark Springs Elementary), and precinct 310 (Baker Senior Apartments).
Levine said voters in precincts 607 and 505 should have the House District 78 race on their ballots, and voters in precinct 310 should have the House Di