Voters sue over lack of Garland County polling sites [View All]

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Source: Arkansas Democrat Gazette

LITTLE ROCK — A Hot Springs attorney representing three Garland County voters has filed a lawsuit against the county’s Election Commission, claiming it violated the law when it opened only two polling places for Tuesday’s runoff election.

The lawsuit filed Tuesday in Garland County Circuit Court seeks to nullify and not certify the county’s election results.

The commission held elections at its customary 36 polling places during the May 18 primary but opted to open only two - at the Election Commission’s office in Hot Springs and at a site in Hot Springs Village - for Tuesday’s runoff election. The county, anticipating light turnout, made plans in March to open only the two sites to save money.

The plan prompted earlier criticism from Lt. Gov. Bill Halter, who was in a runoff against U.S. Sen. Blanche Lincoln, and Pulaski County Clerk Pat O’Brien, who was in a runoff for secretary of state against Mark Wilcox.

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