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On Alabama's election night of 2002, it looked like Democratic governor Don Siegelman had won a second term by a razor-thin margin. Until he didn't. Thanks to a voting machine computer glitch in a single county, the election results were suddenly reversed. What really happened on the night of one of the most controversial elections in Alabama history? Patrick Winegar breaks down this conspiracy that might have actually happened. 

SOURCES: 

Dr. James Gundlach's paper:

 https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/90/Gundlach_Paper.pdf 

Glynn Wilson's account of election night: 

http://blog.locustfork.net/2007/06/how-the-2002-el/ 

Encylopedia of Alabama: 

http://www.encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/h-3300 

Tuscaloosa News interview: 

https://www.tuscaloosanews.com/article/DA/20050703/News/606113203/TL 

AP election report: 

https://apnews.com/336c06179e9894dfc379a1044b124c53 

USA today election controversy report: 

https://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/politicselections/2002-11-07-siegelman_x.htm 

LA Times report on Bill Pryor ruling: 

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-nov-09-na-alabama9-story.html