Officials scramble after balloting problems in US poll
Phoenix (AFP) - Unsubstantiated allegations of fraud, prompted by isolated voting issues and amplified by Donald Trump, left US election officials vying to defend the integrity of Tuesday's midterm poll. Officials said the hiccups were not expected to change the vote's outcome -- but that didn't stop some figures on the right from seizing on them. Republicans in Arizona's bitterly contested Maricopa County unsuccessfully sued to extend voting hours, with Trump and his allies calling a few non-functioning tabulation machines evidence of a fix. "The widespread issues... are completely unacceptab...