Chile flag confused for Texas flag on Texan ballot

In other Chile-related news, Texas has been using the Chilean flag on its absentee voter ballot. The Atascosa County ballot had been in use for several years before a Texan student in Japan noticed the mistake.

"Apparently the insert has been used for some time without anyone (voters and staff) noticing," Troy Knudson told the Statesman. "I guess it's funny in some way, but my initial reaction was more disbelief that no one had noticed."

They are strikingly similar, but still, several years?

This is the Texan flag:

This is the Chilean flag: