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Garland County leaves Susan Inman off election ballot
Talk about vote suppression. The Garland County Election Commission left Susan Inman, the Democratic candidate for secretary of state, off the election ballot and early voting began without her as an option.
An employee said in a brief telephone conversation that the commission was occupied attempting to correct the problem. She said the ballot at the main election commission early voting site HAD been corrected but people voting at three other early voting sites were being asked to wait to vote.
How many voted ballots without Inman's name? "220," the person on the phone said.
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It's perhaps not relevant, but remember 2010? There was a gigantic foulup in Democratic runoff voting in Garland County with a hard-fought U.S. Senate contest on the line. Democrats controlled the election commission then. Republicans are in charge now.
https://www.arktimes.com/ArkansasBlog/archives/2018/10/22/garland-county-leaves-susan-inman-off-election-ballot