From the Birmingham News:

The Alabama attorney general’s office has seized Perry County voting records related to Tuesday’s election.

Attorney General Troy King said in a press release that the action was taken because of allegations of improprieties in Tuesday’s election.

Subpoenas served on Circuit Clerk Mary Cosby Moore, Sheriff James Hood and Probate Judge Eldora Anderson sought “any and all records regarding: June 3, 2008 election, including, but not limited to, applications for absentee ballots, poll list, identification accompanying absentee ballots, affidavits accompanying absentee ballots, record of elections, ballot accounting sheets, sign in sheet from each polling place, and clerk’s book for each polling place.”

The U.S. Department of Justice observed voting in Perry County on Tuesday and reported some irregularities to Secretary of State Beth Chapman.

Chapman said Tuesday that the Justice Department observer told her one candidate appeared to have “free reign” of the polling place for much of the day and was instructing people how to vote. The candidate’s name was not released.

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