The election administration issue of 2004 is back in the news in Texas and Tennessee. The Beaumont Enterprise has this report on the allegedly erroneous rejection of provisional ballots in a Jefferson County, TX election. Meanwhile, in Sweetwater, TN, a liquor referendum failed by one vote, after state officials declined to open and count three provisional ballots because the voters’ names weren’t on the registration list. Without those three provisionals, the tally was 654-653 against a referendum to allow liquor-by-the-drink permits for businesses that primarily serve food. Supporters still have until this Friday to challenge the results in Chancery Court.