Arkansas: watch for election hijinks

The Arkansas runoff election between Bill Halter and Wal-Mart senator Blanche Lincoln is tomorrow, and already the shenanigans have begun.

In Garland County - a major Halter stronghold - election officials have, without warning, reduced the number of polling places from 42 to 2. This makes it harder for people - most of them Halter backers - to get to the polls and vote. And this move is probably illegal.

This was such a blatant attempt to boost Blanche Lincoln that one wonders how much we can count on the results.