Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org

Two unsuccessful candidates for Bullock Co., Alabama, commissioner have requested that the state Attorney General investigate absentee vote irregularities in the June 3 election. Both candidates won by large margins at the polls. In both cases the candidates lost after an unusual number of absentee ballots were cast and the results were just the opposite. One of the winning candidates admitted that he and his family "helped" Bullock County residents apply for absentee ballots, but he claimed it was not done to "break any laws." One has to wonder how much money changed hands from candidate to voter.

That story, and today's other notable voting news items, all linked below...

• AL: Bullock Co. hopefuls claim vote problems
  http://www.montgomeryadv...02/806100314/1007/news01
• AL: Marshall County - Recount requested
  http://www.sandmountainr...so?ewcd=2b475d738ffbcf7d
• AZ: Woman, 97, Battles Voter ID Law
  http://www.kpho.com/news/16554725/detail.html
• CA: San Joaquin County - Grand jury: S.J. elections better
  http://www.recordnet.com...0080610/A_NEWS/806100320
• FL: Elections offices nailing down process to check voting machines' results
  http://www.tcpalm.com/ne...own-process-check-votin/
• FL: Palm Beach County - 3rd vote system in 8 years touted as 'end of the line'
  http://www.palmbeachpost...8a_paperballot_0610.html
• IN: Johnson Co. scrambling to replace voting machines destroyed in flood
  http://www.wishtv.com/Gl...?S=8459902&nav=0Ra7
• MS: Jones defends vote against voter ID
  http://www.sunherald.com/local/story/614165.html
• NJ: ACLU asks voting machine tests be made public
  http://www.nj.com/news/i...oting_machine_tests.html
• NJ: ACLU-NJ Demands End to Voting Machine Gag Order
  http://www.aclu-nj.org/n...demandsendtovotingma.htm
• OH: Cuyahoga County may have to cut budget, staff to pay for elections
  http://blog.cleveland.co...unty_may_have_to_cu.html
• SC: Voting going smoothly but slowly
  http://www.charleston.ne...overall_despite_ha44026/
• SC: Spartanburg County - At the polls: 10 precincts hope to trim wait times
  http://www.goupstate.com...WS/184294702/1051/NEWS01

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