CLEVELAND -- If you vote at the wrong polling booth, the state of Ohio need not count your vote.

That's the ruling that came down from the Ohio secretary of state on Friday, NewsChannel5 reported.

A new ruling about provisional ballots has many voters outraged and confused.

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Charlie Franck is certain he's voting Nov. 2, but where he's voting is another story.

"Now you got me. I'm wondering now if I know where to go," Franck said.

Friday's ruling means if Franck went to the wrong polling booth, his vote won't count.

This has Judy Gallo of the non-partisan Greater Cleveland Voter's Registration Coalition enraged.

"I think it is a terrible ruling. I think it will restrict democracy in Ohio," Gallo said.

In Florida during the 2000 election, thousands of voters were disenfranchised when they were mistakenly turned away at the polls.

The Help America Vote Act passed by Congress two years later ordered that provisional ballots be available to avoid such a problem.

But now Cuyahoga County Board of Elections Director Michael Vu said that Friday's ruling has made the problem more complex.

"So that's going to be cause for concern especially for voters heading to the polls Nov. 2," Vu said.

In the 2000 presidential election, 23,000 provisional votes were cast in Cuyahoga County, NewsChannel5 reported. This year, the concern is that votes in Ohio, which could very well determine the election, may not be counted because of a technicality.