In the tiny town of Vernon, with just 112 residents and 74 registered voters, a handful of fraudulent votes can – and almost did – change the outcome of a local election:

In response to allegations by the area’s Chamber of Commerce that at least 30 percent of votes in a tight city council race were fraudulent, the city discarded six ballots on Tuesday – just enough to tilt the race in favor of the challenger, who won by five votes. . .

The Chamber alleged that 21 of Vernon’s 74 registered voters did not actually live in the town. The voter rolls in Vernon had grown by 12 during the year prior to election day, leading to allegations of potential fraud during the campaign. The town launched its own investigation after finding that nine voters were registered to a single address.

Full story at Heritage.