November 15, 2010

Voting Integrity Also a Rural Issue

By Rosslyn Smith
Madison County, NC: Mayberry It's Not Several days after the election, a thousand votes are discovered to have been "inadvertently omitted" from the election night tally. As a result, the loser in a three-man contest for two superior judge seats suddenly becomes one of the winners. That candidate, a local assistant state district attorney, is said to have received a $1,100 contribution from the chairman of the board of election in the county where the ballots were found.  To make matter more intriguing, the son of that chairman is awaiting trial next week on multiple felony charges. The prosecutor on record? The same assistant DA who will become a superior court judge should the new vote total stand.   To add an extra dash of spice to the tale, all the missing ballots are said to be from the controversial practice of one-stop voting, and the sole Republican on the board of elections...(Read Full Article)