The Complete Investigative Report on Voter Registration Fraud, Unedited
Posted on 01/25/2005 4:00:05 PM PST by swilhelm73
It's often been observed that one reason why voter fraud is widespread is that it is hardly ever prosecuted. Jim Hoft, who has a site called Gateway Pundit, wrote to alert us to what could be a very important story, involving a Democratic office-holder in East St. Louis, Illinois, who allegedly tried to quash a voter fraud investigation by having a witness murdered:
Kelvin Ellis, a top administrator at East St. Louis City Hall, was indicted yesterday for plotting to kill a witness in the year long East St. Louis, Illinois federal vote fraud investigation. Ellis, 55, who once served a prison term after abusing a city post, is now the director of regulatory affairs, which puts him in charge of housing inspections. He also is a precinct committeeman with close ties to the community's Democratic Party leaders.
The indictments accuse Ellis of trying to have an unidentified witness killed. Court documents say he is a target of an ongoing vote fraud inquiry. He also is accused in a separate indictment of income tax evasion.
The investigation became public last year when more than a dozen subpoenas were delivered to city Democratic Party leaders after the November election.
According to one of Ellis' indictments, the investigation began at least a month earlier. A female witness told agents on Oct. 5 that Ellis, "had committed election fraud and other potential criminal offenses." Ellis learned the same day of the substance of what she had said, the indictment states.
In the following days, Ellis spoke repeatedly with an unidentified person, first discussing plans to discredit the witness, perhaps through a bogus drug sting, court documents say. The indictment includes excerpts of what appear to be recordings of these conversations between Ellis and the other person.
"I want her credibility destroyed," Ellis is reported to have said. She is "trying to destroy us. No telling what she's saying."
As the weeks passed, the conversations turned more sinister, with Ellis saying on Nov. 19, "I want her ... taken out, however we have to do it."
Ellis was convicted in 1990 of extortion.
Bump.
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Conspiracy to commit voting fraud (any co-ordinated effort between multiple individuals that could not possibly be an accident) should be a felony with the potential for life imprisonment. That is, if we take honest elections seriously.
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Absolutely. I have been preaching this line for a decade now...but remember who has infiltrated the judiciary and the influence these activist have -- I would like to see the Congress (which is supposed to be controlled by the Repubs(?)) stand up and make voter fraud (and conspiracy) a federal felony. That would clean up alot of things -- but are our jails and prisons big enough to hold all those Demo-craps????
I'm sure they can find the money to build more...
As far as they need to go. (See Arkancide for federal guidelines).
bttt
City housing inspectors are like GODS,
they can make or break your life in an instant!
In an act of utter stupidity, I transited this area on my way from Bellville, IL, to St. Louis, MO. The year was 1963, as I recall. After I and my family were deep into this forbidden territory, I prayed to God that he would see us through this Godawful territory and he did. I vowed at that time, that I would never commit such an act of stupidity again.
I can only imagine what East St. Louis, IL, is like at this time. It must be absolutely Gothic.
Vote fraud by Democratic Party leaders? Who woulda thunk it? Now why is it the only place you hear about this story is on the internet?
Where's Bev Harris?
Any kind of punishment at all would be better than to do nothing.
Faced with the prospect of six months or a year in jail, most poll workers would think twice before risking their hides for their political bosses.
It's not that the penalties aren't heavy enough. The problem is that the laws in this area are never enforced. It's really stupid. You may not change the last election, but surely it's worth doing something to make the next election more honest.
I'd like to see a few people in Seattle go to jail.
BTT!!!!!!
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