Posted on 09/15/2004 9:48:44 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
LONDON, Ky. (AP) A jury began deliberations Wednesday in an election fraud case against an eastern Kentucky businessman accused of leading an scheme to buy votes from poor mountain residents.
During the more than three-week trial of eastern Kentucky coal operator Ross Harris and one of his employees, Glen Turner, witnesses told of voters gathering in a church parking lot in rural Pike County to collect $10 bills after leaving the polls in the 2002 election. Others testified about contributions to some candidates before the election, allegedly to buy votes.
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NEW YORK, Ny. (AP) A jury began deliberations Wednesday in an election fraud case against CBS News which is accused of using forged documents concerning the service record of President George W. Bush to unfairly damage the President's reputation and influence the outcome of the 2004 presidential election.
Here in WV we've already had a sheriff resign and plead guilty in a vote buying investigation by the DOJ. A mayor and police chief in the same county have also resgned.
His mistake was in not waiting to give them money. He's supposed to do that AFTER he gets into office, and even then, it's other people's money.
He just doesn't know how the system works.
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