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Sicilian lawmaker suspected of paying 25 euros per vote
TheLocal.it ^
| 11 November 2017 13:45 CET+01:00
| AFP
Posted on 11/11/2017 10:20:36 AM PST by Olog-hai
Italian authorities have accused a leftist politician of paying €25 per vote to win his seat in regional elections held in Sicily last weekend, the daily La Stampa reported Saturday.
Edmondo Tamajo, 41, has been charged with criminal conspiracy in relation to electoral corruption, said the newspaper.
On his Facebook account, Tamajo stated, “I have never bought a single vote, and have built my political career on daily acts to support people.”
He added he was willing to cooperate with the investigation to clear up the situation. …
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: electionfraud; sicily; tamajo; voterfraud
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posted on
11/11/2017 10:20:36 AM PST
by
Olog-hai
To: Olog-hai
€1,000,000 = 40,000 votes at €25 a pop.
Who says you can’t buy your way into office?
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posted on
11/11/2017 10:35:14 AM PST
by
factoryrat
(We are the producers, the creators. Grow it, mine it, build it. MAGA!)
To: factoryrat
Pretty cheap, actually. Hillary had to promise much, much more to lose her elections.
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posted on
11/11/2017 10:55:43 AM PST
by
Robert A Cook PE
(I can only donate monthly, but socialists' ABBCNNBCBS continue to lie every day!)
To: Robert A. Cook, PE
And then had to cancel fireworks at the last second.
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posted on
11/11/2017 11:12:19 AM PST
by
Olog-hai
("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
To: Olog-hai
I’d bet the fireworks show from her hotel suite election night was a doozy
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posted on
11/11/2017 11:49:59 AM PST
by
digger48
To: Robert A. Cook, PE
Jeb paid a lot more, too.
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posted on
11/11/2017 2:12:01 PM PST
by
Defiant
(It's not antifa, it's actually antifafa. Antifa Fascists.)
To: Olog-hai
What’s the big deal? Nobody wound up with a horse head in their bed...or dead.
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posted on
11/11/2017 3:12:06 PM PST
by
moovova
To: Olog-hai; fieldmarshaldj; GOPsterinMA; BillyBoy
Italian authorities have accused a leftist politician of paying €25 per vote to win his seat in regional elections held in Sicily last weekend, the daily La Stampa reported Saturday.That's about 29 dollars. He overpayed, the going rate stateside is a pack of cigarettes.
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posted on
11/11/2017 5:58:41 PM PST
by
Impy
(The democrat party is the enemy of your family and civilization itself, forget that at your peril.)
To: Impy; fieldmarshaldj; BillyBoy; NFHale
Ah, those crazy Ginzos.
OTOH, I read in Greece you can partake of “female companionship” for the price of a samdwich.
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posted on
11/12/2017 8:40:54 AM PST
by
GOPsterinMA
(I'm with Steve McQueen: I live my life for myself and answer to nobody.)
To: GOPsterinMA
Probably because she LOOKS like a sandwich.
To: fieldmarshaldj
I’ve seen pics...some are good looking, college age. Very sad.
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posted on
11/12/2017 5:06:08 PM PST
by
GOPsterinMA
(I'm with Steve McQueen: I live my life for myself and answer to nobody.)
To: GOPsterinMA
One can rather understand why Judge Moore preferred to find a younger mate, before college and her 20s (nevermind 30s) ruined her. After you’ve had the varsity squad squirt in all your bodily cavities, that just ain’t marriage material.
To: Olog-hai
Reminds me of some union bosses and democrats politicians.
5.56mm
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posted on
11/12/2017 5:20:10 PM PST
by
M Kehoe
To: M Kehoe
Was that redundant?
5.56mm
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posted on
11/12/2017 5:21:19 PM PST
by
M Kehoe
To: fieldmarshaldj
Very true. Door knobs of all varieties are unclean.
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posted on
11/12/2017 7:16:11 PM PST
by
GOPsterinMA
(I'm with Steve McQueen: I live my life for myself and answer to nobody.)
To: Olog-hai
He’s a piker.
Come to Chicago to see how it’s done right.
L
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posted on
11/12/2017 7:19:18 PM PST
by
Lurker
(President Trump isn't our last chance. President Trump is THEIR last chance.)
To: Impy; fieldmarshaldj; BillyBoy
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posted on
11/13/2017 4:33:01 AM PST
by
GOPsterinMA
(I'm with Steve McQueen: I live my life for myself and answer to nobody.)
To: GOPsterinMA; BillyBoy; fieldmarshaldj
God love him.
I do think they need some new blood on the Italian right though.
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posted on
11/13/2017 7:41:39 AM PST
by
Impy
(The democrat party is the enemy of your family and civilization itself, forget that at your peril.)
To: Impy; BillyBoy; fieldmarshaldj
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posted on
11/13/2017 6:03:59 PM PST
by
GOPsterinMA
(I'm with Steve McQueen: I live my life for myself and answer to nobody.)
To: GOPsterinMA; dfwgator
Italy loses it’s playoff with Sweden, 1-0 on aggregate, joins the US in not being in the World Cup.
First time since 1958. :(
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posted on
11/13/2017 7:33:44 PM PST
by
Impy
(The democrat party is the enemy of your family and civilization itself, forget that at your peril.)
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