One of the 29 voters whose ballots could have changed an outcome in the November elections are asking lawmakers to fix the system.

At issue is the House District 55 race where Republican Michael Bergan beat Democrat Kayla Koether by just nine votes.

29 absentee ballots were never counted even though we now know voters mailed them on time.

The reason the ballots have not been counted is because they did not have the right postmark or intelligent bar code that Iowa law requires.

David Ludwig remembers mailing in his ballot from his hometown of Spillville only to find out that his vote never counted.

"I'm disappointed that it didn't count and I think it should," said Ludwig.

Ludwig is not alone. In all, 29 absentee ballots mailed on time in Winneshiek County remain sealed and uncounted. A letter he received from from Republican Winneshiek County Auditor Ben Steines explained why his vote was not counted.

"They checked the box that says, 'your ballot envelope was not postmarked on time,'" said Ludwig.

Ludwig insists he sent in his ballot before election day.

Ludwig says he even mailed a letter to himself at the same time to be sure his ballot made it on time. That letter has a postmark showing it was processed before election day, a mark his ballot does not have.

Democratic House Representative Brian Meyer is one of five legislators on a committee, made up of three Republicans and two Democrats, who will ultimately decide what to do with those 29 uncounted ballots.

"The problem here is you had different counties that counted these ballots in different ways," said Meyer. "Fayette County counted these ballots. Winneshiek County's auditor decided not to count the ballots. We know that the ballots were on time."

Auditor Steines notes he simply followed state law and he believes Fayette County counted their ballots by mistake.

"They counted them against the recommendations of the auditor and I think it was purely a mistake by the committee that was opening them," said Steines.

Ludwig says he voted for Koether, a vote that could ultimately change November's result months later.

Besides hoping his vote counts Ludwig wants Iowa lawmakers to fix the problem for good.