Arkansas Lt. Gov. Bill Halter who is challenging Sen. Blanche Lincoln in Tuesday's Democratic primary runoff has a beef with state election officials.
The Halter campaign complained that Garland County – the county seat is Hot Springs, and it’s one of Halter’s strongholds in the primary — had opened only two polling stations to serve several thousand voters, creating long lines and parking woes at points during the day.
Natasha Naragon, a spokeswoman for the Arkansas Secretary of State, said Garland County election officials failed to notify voters of the reduced number of polling stations, as required by state law. Though a local official told the Arkansas press that he had made the decision to save money, Naragon said the state bears all costs for primary and runoff elections.
Garland County did allow early voting at the two polling stations for the week leading up to Tuesday’s runoff, as did counties across the state.This was a dirty trick and should be protested with in the courts. If people are not allowed to vote , then it is a fixed election.
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