Appalachia makes 'News of the Weird'

**NotSoSilentBob** · March 20th, 2006, 12:28 PM

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A 300-page indictment detailing more than 1,000 allegations of election fraud was returned in February by a grand jury investigating the coal-mining town of Appalachia, Va., following reports of absentee-ballot bribery by two town officials. Prosecutors accused candidates' operatives of offering the locals such goodies as beer, moonshine and cigarettes and, in one case, a supply of pork rinds. [Roanoke Times, 3-3-06]

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http://www.newsoftheweird.com/archive/index.html

**Gotch** · March 20th, 2006, 02:05 PM

Saw that too. I often check out the News Of The Weird website on Sunday night but I didn't this week. Saw it in the paper about an hour ago.

**imported_V_T** · March 21st, 2006, 12:19 PM

haha.. this is the truth.> Jay Leno had it on his show the other night..

March 21st, 2006, 01:10 PM

Busted-glad I don't live in town, wish whoever is running the thing would get on with it. I've seen days when I was a lot more upset at not being paid by the guy I was mining for....I understand how serious the crimes are [img]/LDPforum/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img] but why risk your butt for....Appy? I could understand buying votes at Vegas....but here? [img]/LDPforum/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]guess that is why I'm a coal miner.