In a recent episode of WVNN's "The Yaffee Program," State Auditor and candidate for Secretary of State Andrew Sorrell called for additional attention to voter fraud in Alabama after he said Fort Deposit, a town of 900 in Lowndes County, recorded over 1,000 votes in an August municipal election.
According to Sorrell, more than 50% of the votes cast in the contest in Fort Deposit were absentee ballots.
"So what happens is they have really good election turnout. In fact, in a town of about 900 people, they have over 1,000 votes. That's about 120%," Sorrell noted. "Anytime you have more votes cast than there are registered voters in the district, that's election fraud, all right, so, but the story gets worse. Half of the votes, over half of the votes that were cast in that election were absentee."
The case of voter fraud in Lowndes County is not an isolated incident, Sorrell argued.
"And the shocking thing is, it happens. And the reason people think it doesn't happen is because they don't hear about it," Sorrell said. "But it is happening. This is not isolated. This case is obviously extreme, but this is happening all over Alabama. There are people stealing votes in Alabama, by the way, I think it happens on both sides of the aisle."
"I don't think this is just a Democrat problem. I think people are out there trying to steal Republican primaries too, and this is why we need my election integrity division," he added.
Sorrell will face off against former congressional candidate and fifth-generation farmer Caroleene Dobson in the upcoming Republican primary on May 19, 2026.
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