2013 Behind the Ballot - AP Series/Special Entry

• Judge orders Fulton County, U.S. government into mediation over seized ballots

  

• High school students cast first ballots at Loop early voting site

  

• 4,300 people take part in Polar Plunge to benefit Special Olympics Illinois

  

• Special education students learn job skills to launch a career in Colorado's outdoors industry

  

• 'Pickleball with a Purpose':mall event aims to raise money for child hunger

  

• Moreno Valley holds special meeting on recent mall closure

  

• Girls & Science Kick-Off Event gets new Teen Zone

  

• 1 injured as large fire rips through 3 homes in Camden, officials say