Arkansas Mayoral Candidate Disputes Tally of Zero Votes, Says He Voted for Himself
11-11-2006 3:59 PM
WALDENBURG, Ark. -- Randy Wooten figured he'd get at least one vote in his bid for mayor of this town of 80 people _ even if it was just his own.
He didn't. Now he has to decide whether to file a formal protest...
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."
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Arkansan Gets Zero Votes, Cries Foul
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Arkansan Gets Zero Votes, Cries Foul
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Benton County also is showing "irregularities" - couple of small towns had more votes cast than the towns have population. Considering that not everybody in a town is even eligible to vote (underage, etc)... Wouldn't it be - interesting - if the rep election flipped when the "irregularities" are sorted out, and mild-mannered, pretty much gormless, Woody Anderson actually won?
Barbara Fitzpatrick