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Election Fraud in Arkansas?

The small town of Waldenburg, Arkansas, had an election for mayor last Tuesday. It was a three way race, and in a town of 80 people, someone is probably going to come up way short. However, according to this story, the incumbent and one of his challengers tied at 18 each, but the other guy, Randy Wooten, got ZERO votes. That's zero, as in none, nil, zilch! The thing is he KNOWS he voted for himself and he says "at least eight or nine people" said they voted for him.

At first I thought this would be a case of small town stupidity (if you're going to rig an election you really should make it look plausible), but the article points out that they were using ELECTRONIC VOTING MACHINES! And I bet there isn't a paper back-up, either. It may be a small town election, but this could be the tip of an iceberg.

posted by Mike Milligan @ 7:09 PM