Man accused of voting twice in Bush-Gore election (Guess which party?)

Chicago Sun-Times ^ | 8/16/06 | Abdon M. Pallasch

[LdSentinal]

If there's one thing Donovan Riley apparently learned during his time in Chicago, it was "Vote early and often."

Riley, 69, the former CEO of the University of Illinois Medical Center and a former law professor at Loyola University, is running for a state senate seat in Milwaukee.

On Nov. 7, 2000, the day of the big election between Vice President Al Gore and Texas Gov. George W. Bush, Riley appeared at the polling place in Oconomowac, Wis., where he had registered to vote just the day before, voting records show. His ex-wife owned a home there.

"Then he drove down to Chicago where he was already registered and he voted again," said Michael Crooks, a Wisconsin attorney who filed a complaint against Riley with Wisconsin election officials. "This is about as blatant as it gets."

Waukesha County District Attorney Paul Bucher said it's usually difficult to prove such allegations. "But in this case, these documents seem to be pretty good," he said.

'I made a mistake'

Chicago Board of Elections officials are said to be compiling documents to forward to the Cook County state's attorney for possible prosecution.

"My best recollection is that I was splitting my time between Wisconsin and Illinois and it's possible I made a mistake," Riley said in a statement released last week.

Riley faces incumbent Jeff Pale in next month's Democratic primary election for a state senate seat in Milwaukee, 35 miles from Oconomowac.

Riley also was a partner at the Chicago law firm of Michael Best & Friedrich

[ncountylee]

ROTFLMAO!

[nopardons]

He "made a mistake"? How about he willfully broke the law?

[Henchster]

"My best recollection is that I was splitting my time between Wisconsin and Illinois and it's possible I made a mistake," Riley said in a statement released last week.

This guy has a future in the Democrat party when a liberal judge throws out the charges, he sounds just like Bill Clinton.

[There You Go Again]

He made a simple mistake. Lay off of him. Who among us hasn't accidentally voted in two different states on the same day? Seriously, these Demos are just unbelievable....

[crazyhorse691]

"My best recollection is that I was splitting my time between Wisconsin and Illinois and it's possible I made a mistake,"

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I am flubbergasted by the statement of the absent minded professor.

[billndin]

Democrat party was, is, and always will be the party of horse thieves, fakes, phonies, and frauds.

[Right Wing Assault]

Disbar this guy. He's too messed up to practice law. He's either a lying criminal or he is senile.

[RegulatorCountry]

Why, the poor fellow was just following orders from Her Thighness, to "vote early and vote often." What's the big deal? /sarc

[nmh]

Yeah, voting TWICE - happens all the time!

LOL!

[Bonaparte]

His mistake was thinking that he couldn't get caught. Gotta wonder how many times he's violated election law before 2000 -- and since.

[A message]

'I made a mistake'

Lying sack of dung. He knew exactly what he was doing. Democrats and corruption hand in hand.

[null and void]

I, for one, would be *fascinated* to know how many people are registered to vote and do vote in both NYC and Miami...

[lmr]

DonovanRiley

No relation to me of course, most of the Riley's in my family happen to be Republican at the least and Conservative at best. They are all very Christian, as well. Above all, they would never vote twice in an election!

[Jean S]

The Journal-Sentinel had this too. Nothing will be done about this.

The more you vote, the better you feel

[KJC1]

'I made a mistake'

Sure ya did. Mistakenly voting twice in the same day in two different states....yeah, that happens by accident all the time.

[hnj_00]

has there been any comments to this corruption from pelosi/dean or the rest of the dam dems????

[I see my hands]

I'm not getting the funny part.

[weegee]

He didn't ADMIT to making a mistake. He says "it's possible"...

All depends on what the meaning of "IS" is.

[DTwistedSisterS]

Looks like Paul Bucher's gonna charge him...

[patriot_wes]

"and it's possible I made a mistake," Riley said in a statement released last week"

......Oh for the days when Berger was saying "I don't know how those papers got down my pants"......

[stylin19a]

Man accused of voting twice in Bush- for Gore in election.,

there...fixed.

[JayNorth]

Riley appeared at the polling place in Oconomowac, Wis., where he had registered to vote just the day before.

During the last few elections haven't we heard Freepers complaining about huge numbers of cars with Illinois plates appearing at voting booths in southern Wisconsin? The RATs are such sleazeballs.

[<1/1,000,000th%]

That's not illegal in Chicago.

He's only in trouble because he didn't vote more times. /sarcasm?

[JLS]

Right what a moron. He should have said, "I was in Wisconsin and registered and voted there. Someone who knew I was in Wisconson must have voted for me here."

Who could disprove a statement like that? Maybe some poll worker, but who would remember so many elections later? Maybe he has an ex-wife and is trapped?

[wita]

That's my line. Been complaining about dual registration for years. It is quite easy to do when you have two places of residence and they are not crossmatched at the voting booth.

[Chode]

HA ha...
and the RATS take another one in the...

[Howie66]

If any mistake was made....it was when this knob's mother failed to keep her knees in contact.........

[Jameison]

"My best recollection is that I was splitting my time between Wisconsin and Illinois and it's possible I made a mistake," Riley said in a statement released last week"


Huh?
And this guy is the former CEO of the University of Illinois Medical Center and a former law professor at Loyola University?

[nopardons]

LOL

[nopardons]

LOL

[TheLion]

Unless these people get some serious jail time, they are going to continue to make a mockery of our voting system.

[Jean S]

Looks like Paul Bucher's gonna charge him...

Good! I hadn't heard that.

[billndin]

There are newspaper articles about that very subject. I believe they were printed after the 2000 presidential election debacle. No big lib paper such as the NY Times picked up on these investigations, of course.

[InMemoriam]

Mr. Riley, see if you can fill in the blank:

Riley used a different word to throw us off the trail,
But mistake is to eraser as felony is to ________.

[Jameison]

"Lying sack of dung. He knew exactly what he was doing. Democrats and corruption hand in hand"

Yup.
Time for Republicans to bring in very tough laws with sharp teeth, to put vermin who vote more than once, or are illegal alien voters ,in jail for a very long time, plus stiff fines.

[ricardobaltazar]

As retarded as this is, you can easily find as many republicans as democrats cheating in elections. It's not like one side is soley responsible for the corruption of elections.

The whole system is a mess.

[incredulous joe]

"Democrat party was, is, and always will be the party of horse thieves, fakes, phonies, and frauds"


To which you could also add convicted perjurers and felony voting-rights activists.

[Holicheese]

How do you forget wether you have voted or not or if you voted twice? You might not recall where you left your keys or what your golf score was last June ( I try to forget)but voting...

[Intolerant in NJ]

...a former law professor at Loyola University...ah, he probably just didn't know he wasn't supposed to vote more than once.....

[goodnesswins]

Hmmmm.....how did they find this out......? I'm afraid this will be the case in WA State in November....

[goodnesswins]

Uh huh.......ever been to Washington State?

[Calpernia]

Some info:

http://www.gregpalast.com/detail.cfm?artid=314

Excerpt:

The New York Times has uncovered Katherine Harris' wipe out of thousands of voters ... only three years after killing the story exposed by the BBC TV and the Guardian. Here, 'News Dissector' Schechter, formerly of ABC's 20/20, asks how the Times could editorialize on a story they never ran in the first place. And note the Times still can't bring itself to say that the color of illegally purged voters is ... Black.

[hometoroost]

He made the prototypical Democrat mistake - he got caught. But he's sorry - that he got caught.

[editor-surveyor]

The 'mistake' he made was getting caught ;o)

[ricardobaltazar]

Ever been to Las Vegas?

[Boiler Plate]

Maybe he thought his votes would only count as a half in each state.

[nopardons]

BINGO !

[editor-surveyor]

"Gotta wonder how many times he's violated election law before 2000 -- and since."

My guess would be every time that he has voted.

He's probably a shoplifter too; I'd bet my house on it.

[ricardobaltazar]

He probably eats babies too. I'd bet my left kidney on it.