Voting Problems Intensify in Run-Offs

Secretary of State Charlie Daniels seems to be up to the top of his thighs in alligators and can't wiggle out. Early voting for the run-off elections was supposed to start today, but counties are still recounting or otherwise completing tabulation of the May 23 results. The new touch-screen voting machines have not been reprogrammed for the runoff by their manufacturer, Election Systems and Software (ES&S). This firm was selected by Secretary Daniels to get the $15 million contract for the new voting machines against the advice of his own commission. Andy Crawford, who represents ES&S, is a contributor to the Daniels campaign.

Poster Cato on the ArkTimes blog reported that he went to the courthouse and discovered that they had no ballots! People were turned away.