Tuesday, June 1, 2010

Food Stamps and $10 Bills in Exchange For Votes, Reported During Alabama Primary

By Jeremy Gray -- The Birmingham News
June 01, 2010, 8:00PM

Voter turnout was light in most areas of Jefferson County, but no major problems were reported at any of the polling places, said Barry Stephenson, deputy director of the Jefferson County Board of Registrars.

At Center Street Middle School in southwest Birmingham, 663 people had voted by 4:50 p.m. Rita Tucker, the poll inspector, said at least 1,500 people were registered to vote at that precinct.

Tucker said the precinct faced the "same old' issues."

"A couple machines weren't working earlier today, but they're fine now," she said. "And a lot of people still don't understand that they have to vote for either party--one or the other."

At Shades Cahaba Elementary School in Homewood, a steady stream of voters were still entering the precinct at 5:45 p.m. One of the voters, Patricia Meginniss, said she came out to support Democratic gubernatorial candidate candidate Artur Davis and to make sure Roy Moore doesn't win. "He uses his religious beliefs for political gain. Ethically, I think that's very wrong," she said.

In Mountain Brook and Vestavia Hills, a heated senate District 15 race between incumbent state Sen. Steve French and challenger Slade Blackwell, as well as the race to replace outgoing Jim Carns, Jefferson County Commissioner for District 5, brought out a slightly higher number of voters, Stephenson said.

"All in all, it was pretty light," Stephenson said.

Registrars got complaints from a few voters at the Sun Valley Elementary School in northeast Birmingham this morning that they did not get the special election ballot for the Jefferson County Commission District 1 race.

By 9 a.m., that problem was resolved, he said.

A variety of problems have been reported at polling places around the state according to Secretary of State Beth Chapman

Campaigners in two counties may have tried to get votes for their candidates with promises of money and food stamps.

Chapman said her office lodged complaints that campaign workers in Bullock County may have been handing out $10 bills in exchange for a vote for a judicial candidate, while a Hale County State campaign worker allegedly offered food stamps in exchange for votes for a candidate in a local race.

Chapman said the complaints will be investigated.


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Question, Where are these Federal Food stamps coming from? The DNC ? If so, where did they get them? The money trail needs to be followed as well.

Steve

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