From the West Alabama Newsroom–

The municipal election is not quite over in one Lowndes County town.

Voters in Fort Deposit could be headed back to the polls in January for a special election.

The results of the mayor’s race — and the District 2 town council race were thrown out — after a judge ruled that hundreds of absentee ballots cast in the election were illegal.

Now voters will have to head back to the polls for a special election — to chose a mayor — and a member of the town council.

“You can not go on with a new election in my opinion, when you still have not done anything about the fraudulent that was done in the old election,” said Fort Deposit voter Irish Simmons.

Some voters are calling for oversight from the Secretary of State’s Office — to ensure for a fair and clean sp

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