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KENTUCKY....

A judge has dismissed a Magoffin County vote fraud lawsuit filed by losing candidates in November's judge-executive and sheriff's races. Two unsuccessful candidates proved there was vote-buying in the election, but Perry Circuit Judge William Engle, sitting as a special judge in the case, ruled Wednesday the evidence was not strong enough to warrant throwing out the results. John Montgomery and Bob Jordan claimed that incumbent judge-executive Charles “Doc” Hardin and sheriff-elect Carson Montgomery bought votes. Engle said it was clear there was fraud in the election, and the losing candidates had, to some extent, raised strong suspicion that Carson Montgomery and Hardin knew about the illegal acts of their supporters. The decision means both elected officials will stay in office, but there could still be criminal charges filed.