By Alabama Public Radio
Greensboro, AL – Johnny Washington originally beat Vanessa Hill in the runoff in September 2004. But Montgomery Circuit Judge William Shashy ruled Monday 148 illegal votes were cast for Washington and eight illegal votes for Hill. When those votes are subtracted, the judge says Hill is the winner 664 to 614. Shashy says most of the illegal votes either had no postmark or invalid voter identification information, but a few involved forgery.