Total election count… off by one

Randy Wooten figured he’d get at least one vote in his bid for mayor of this town of 80 people even if it was just his own. He didn’t. Now he has to decide whether to file a formal protest. Poinsett County results reported Wednesday showed incumbent William H. Wood with 18 votes, challenger Ronnie Chatman with 18 votes and Wooten with zero.

Haha, what a poor sap. Even with a small town of 80 people, there seems to be only 36 votes total. Wooten claims that friends would vote for him, so a lot more than just one vote could have been lost thanks to the electronic voting machines.