because he can no longer drive and he was not given a provisional ballot. contrary to election years. until yesterday, willie mims had been voting regularly since world war ii, not content to simply drive people away, the alabama republican party is also putting up a $1,000 reward for tips on voter fraud that lead to a conviction. now, let's be clear. the republicans run this entire state. that includes the governor's mansion, 63% of the legislature, and all but one of the state's congressional delegation. there is no imminent threat of their dominance being challenged, especially not from voter fraud. we called up the alabama gop and they said they had three promising tips they were looking into. we'll see how that goes when they release the results next week. but that's just the tip of the iceberg in terms of what alabama republicans are doing to try to maintain control of elections in the state. just this week, the supreme court decided to take a case challenging the district map for the entire state on the basis that it violates the constitution and the voting rights act. the plaintiffs allege that