Candidate's vote didn't count

[skcin]

Hmmmmmmmmm....

http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/11/....ap/index.html

Candidate gets no votes -- but he voted for himself
POSTED: 5:09 p.m. EST, November 11, 2006
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WALDENBURG, Arkansas (AP) -- Randy Wooten figured he would get at least one vote in his bid for mayor of this town of 80 people -- even if it was just his own.

He did not. Now he has to decide whether to file a formal protest.

Wooten got the news from his wife, Roxanne, who went to City Hall on Wednesday to see the election results.

"She saw my name with zero votes by it. She came home and asked me if I had voted for myself or not. I told her I did," said Wooten, owner of a local bar.

However, Poinsett County results reported Wednesday showed incumbent William H. Wood with 18 votes, challenger Ronnie Chatman with 18 votes and Wooten with zero.

"I had at least eight or nine people who said they voted for me, so something is wrong with this picture," Wooten said.

Poinsett County Election Commissioner Junaway Payne said the issue had been discussed but no action taken yet.

"It's our understanding from talking with the secretary of state's office that a court order would have to be obtained in order to open the machine and check the totals," Payne said. "The votes were cast on an electronic voting machine, but paper ballots were available."

A November 28 runoff is scheduled to decide the mayor's race.

"It's just very hard to understand," Wooten said.

[strandinthewind]

LOL - POOR THING!

As for the lack of votes, etc. - I notice the D's are suddenly very silent about the Diebold machines now. I mean surely there were problems

[irishgrl]

Originally Posted by strandinthewind

LOL - POOR THING!

As for the lack of votes, etc. - I notice the D's are suddenly very silent about the Diebold machines now. I mean surely there were problems

I saw several articles about voting irregularities, and about people not being able to get in...there were attorneys all over the place in all the contested districts, so I would imagine we may yet hear about lawsuits. Im figuring there were just too many hotspots for the GOP to rig this time around

[DavidMn]

Jesus, talk about somethine right out of Jethroville USA!

[gldstwmn]

Originally Posted by strandinthewind

LOL - POOR THING!

As for the lack of votes, etc. - I notice the D's are suddenly very silent about the Diebold machines now. I mean surely there were problems

There's a huge scandal going on in Florida right now-involving a Democrat and 18,000 missing votes. So no, they aren't being quiet about it. There's just a lot going on right now. You can only put so much in one day and so much news coverage.