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As a result, people waiting to vote at the
church at 15524 Chenal Parkway in west Little
Rock faced long delays while surplus, but
identical, ballots from other sites were
delivered. When that supply was exhausted,
election officials sent a slightly different
ballot style to the site, one that included a
Little Rock Board of Director's race.ARKANSAS DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE
-- spider (spider0@usa.net), November 08, 2000
Huckabee defends description of
state as 'banana republic'
- People voting twice, once through absentee
ballots or early voting.
- Not enough ballots or no ballots being provided
for predominantly Republican precincts.
- Registered voters being told their names weren't
on voter registration rolls.
- Voting machines that "refused to recognize votes
for Republican candidates."
- People giving false names and voting on behalf
of those people.
- Deputy clerks registering people to vote and
allowing them to vote on the same day.
- County clerks offering "separate 'ballots' for
contested races with the 'ballots' being unnumbered,
blank sheets of paper."
- County clerks providing multiple absentee ballots
to people who hadn't requested them and some ballots
mailed to the attention of "current resident."
- Election workers campaigning inside polling
places and instructing people how to vote.
- Election officials refusing to admit certified
poll watchers.
- County clerks losing "large numbers" of
completed voter registration forms.
- County clerks offering extended hours for early
voting in violation of state law.
Arkansas Online
-- spider (spider0@usa.net), November 09, 2000.