Election Investigation
Archive: Previous coverage of the investigation into Milwaukee's Nov. 2, 2004 electionPosted on 05/10/2005 11:33:08 AM PDT by Jean S
Edited on 05/10/2005 4:09:58 PM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
Investigators today said they had found evidence of fraud in the Nov. 2 election in the City of Milwaukee, including cases of felons voting illegally and people who voted twice.
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They found more than 100 instances of suspected double-voting and more than 200 felons who voted improperly in the city.
They also found that at least six deputy registrars falsified 65 names in last year's voter registration drives, for which they were paid by the signature solicited. Authorities said there was no evidence those false names were used to cast ballots.
Widespread record-keeping failures will make it difficult to identify fraud and prosecute criminal cases, U.S. Attorney Steve Biskupic and Milwaukee County District Attorney E. Michael McCann said in a statement issued minutes before a 1 p.m. press conference.
The two are leading the federal-local investigation that was launched in the wake of Journal Sentinel reports about election irregularities.
No charges were announced today, but officials said that the investigation is continuing.
In its investigation, the Journal Sentinel has also found a 7,000-vote gap, with more ballots counted in the city than people recorded as voting. While city election officials blamed post-election date entry for the flaws, the newspaper found gaps existed at dozens of wards, with more votes counted than people tallied in log books. Another 1,300 same-day registration cards were processed even though they were incomplete, with many missing addresses and even names.
In addition, the newspaper identified 278 felons who illegally voted statewide, with the majority coming from within the city. In Wisconsin, felons can only vote if they are off probation and parole.
The actual number of illegal felon voters is likely far greater, since the newspaper could only analyze about 40% of those who voted statewide, because a change in state law bars access to voter birth dates.
The newspaper also identified numerous cases where the same person appears to have voted twice, though that analysis was hampered by major computer problems at the city that led to 300 or more cases where people are incorrectly listed as voting twice.
The newspaper's findings have also prompted a statewide audit of voting procedures. Republicans have cited the newspaper's reports in calling for reforms, including a photo ID requirement for voters. The photo ID measure passed the Legislature, but was vetoed by Gov. Jim Doyle.
Doyle, a Democrat, has issued his own package of election reforms, many of which target problems highlighted by the newspaper. Those have not been acted on by the Legislature, which has a task force looking into various reforms.
Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett has appointed his own task force to review procedures. That group is expected to issue its report soon.
This story will be updated online during the day and a complete version will appear in the Journal Sentinel Wednesday morning.
In addition, the newspaper identified 278 felons who illegally voted statewide, with the majority coming from within the city. In Wisconsin, felons can only vote if they are off probation and parole.
Of the 100 double votes and 278 felons, how many do we think went republican? Something tells me it is a very, very small number.
Poor, poor DUmmies.
All this vote fraud, and its not in their favor.
Impossible. This is just another example of media error.
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Gee I guess Wisconson did vote for GW before the Dems made sure it didn't.
Ah, is there a way that felons can vote properly?
If the msm ever completely turns on the rats and starts to regularly talk about voter fraud, the evil donkey party will go the way of the Whigs.
Wish we had real investigative reporters back by a MSM outlet her in Washington State. While we have had a courageous blogger doing the uncovering, the media have been strangely silent.
To quote Gomer Pyle: "suprise, suprise, suprise"
Yes.
If the likes of Hitlery get their way and legalize the felon vote to cover their own "illegal" butts!
This is for all intents and purposes another red state that the next Democrat nominee will have to "turn" in 2008. Unless they don't clean up the fraud by then.
Gee, you think all those slashed tires on Republican GOTV vans may have tipped them off or something?
Now, why the repubbies are ignoring vote is a stunning piece of stupidity and timidity that they have only two years to solve nationally -> because Hillary can't win without MASSIVE inner city fraud in otherwise "red" states.
Our governor's support could be eroded if the people upstate get the real story on this fraud. If some media outlets up there can relay this story accurately and then stress that Jim doesn't want to prevent it by making people prove who they are in order to register, the moderates who went for him last election can be swayed.
How do we get the full story in the papers in Eau Claire, Wausau, Green Bay and Stevens Point? The Eau Claire paper's editorial pages seem to be a bit conservative. Think a letter writing campaign might help them devote some page space to the story?
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