Perry businessman charged with vote-buying in Hazard

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A Perry County businessman was arrested on charges of vote buying in Hazard on Tuesday with police alleging that he paid at least one person $20 and gave him a ­ballot sheet showing him how to vote.

Kentucky’s election fraud hotline received about 200 fewer phone calls than in 2006 when similar races were on the ballot, according to Allison Martin, spokeswoman for Attorney General Jack Conway’s office. By 7:30 p.m., the hotline had received 121 calls, including complaints of vote buying or selling in 11 counties.

In Perry County, Hazard businessman Pearl Combs Jr., 57, was arrested on a charge of vote buying, said Hazard Deputy Police Chief Joe Engle.



The man arrested is not the Pearl “Bubby” Combs who ran for Perry County judge-executive, Engle said.

In the case involving Pearl Combs Jr., Engle said he received an anonymous tip of vote buying in Combs’ office on High Street Tuesday. ...

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