Republican former congressional candidate charged with stealing ballots in Indiana

Larry Savage was participating in a test of the voting system in Madison county when police say he took two ballots

A Republican former congressional candidate was charged with stealing ballots during a test of a voting system in Madison county, Indiana, state police said on Tuesday.

During the test on 3 October, which involved four voting machines and 136 candidate ballots marked for testing, officials discovered that two ballots were missing, according to the Indiana state police.