Reply #5: Election Commission Begins Counting Lonoke Ballots

[MelissaB]

Election Commission Begins Counting Lonoke Ballots

Saturday May 27, 2006 7:06pm Posted By: Angela Rachels



Lonoke, AR - Voters in Lonoke County are one step closer to finding out election results.

Technicians have been on-site at the Lonoke County Courthouse working on a glitch in the ballot scanner.

However, working to get the machine problems fixed has been a four-day battle for the election commission, leaving voters and candidates waiting until now when votes can actually be counted.

(Jean McCanliss , Lonoke County Election commission) "For some reason, they cannot seem to get it all together."

Jean McCanliss has had enough.

As chair of the Lonoke County Election Commission, she has waited since Tuesday to have what she says is faulty equipment fixed by its manufacturer E S and S.


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