Garland County short on voting machines

It appears that troubles continue to follow Charlie Daniels hand-picked election company - ES&S, which supplied hardware and software to most Arkansas counties for use this year, under a $15.9 million contract with the state. New voting machines in Garland County can't handle the number of ballots required for the November election, leaving officials without enough machines to handle early voting this month. Garland county's optical scan machines from Election Systems and Software (ES&S) can only be programmed for a maximum of 10 ballot styles whereas the Nov. 7 election requires 22 different styles. Read More